A：So, what’s your educational background?
      那么，你的教育背景是什么？

B：I graduate from high school with a 4.0, graduated from university with a degree in English, and am currently in the middle of obtaining a master’s degree in Linguistics.
      我以4.0 的成績從高中畢業(yè)， 大學(xué)獲得了英語學(xué)士學(xué)位，近來正在讀語言學(xué)碩士學(xué)位。

A：What university did you go to ?
      你在那所大學(xué)？

B：I went to UCB, the university of California, Berkeley.
      UCB,加州伯克利大學(xué)。

A：Are you from California originally?
      你是加州本地人么？

B：No, I’m from Colorado. I received a full scholarship to UCB, so I went.
      不，我來自科羅拉州，我活得了UCB 全額獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金，所以我去那里了。

A：That’s great. How did you like your classes there?
      那太好了，你覺得那些課上得怎么樣？

B：I like my professors a lot. They seemed to have a lot of passion for teaching. They weren’t the stuffy professors that I thought they’d be.。
      我很喜歡我的教授。 他們似乎有很多教學(xué)熱情。他們不是我想象的那種乏味的教授

A：How about the other students? Did you get along well with them?
      其他同學(xué)怎么樣？和他們相處的好嗎？

degree的反義詞

B：The students were from all over the country. I found that most of my friends were people who were from the mid-west?
      這里的學(xué)生來自全國各地，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我的大多數(shù)朋友來自中西部。

A：That’s interesting. Why do you think that is?
      真有意思，為什么你這樣認(rèn)為？

B：I’m not sure. I lived in Iowa during middle school, so I guess we had that in common. Mid-westerners and people from the west coast have a different view of the world.
      我搞不清，我初中住在衣阿華州，所以我猜我們有共同之處。中西部和來自西海岸的人有不同的世界觀。

degree的翻譯

A：What do you mean?
      你指什么？

degree

B：It’s hard to explain. I guess people from the west coast come off as a bit snobby sometimes, especially if you aren’t come from the west coast。
      很難解釋清，我猜西海岸的人有點(diǎn)勢利，尤其是對(duì)納妾不是來自西海岸的人。

A：I see. Well, thanks for coming in for the interview. My secretary will get back to you within a week.
      我懂了，奧，謝謝你接受這次面試，我的秘書會(huì)在一周內(nèi)給你回電話的。

1. 程度;級(jí)別
    You use degree to indicate the extent to which something happens or is the case, or the amount which something is felt.

    e.g. These man-made barriers will ensure a very high degree of protection...
           這些人造屏障將會(huì)確保提供高度的保護(hù)。
    e.g. Politicians have used television with varying degrees of success.
           政客們已經(jīng)利用電視取得了不同程度的成功。

2. （表示相對(duì)的數(shù)量、規(guī)模或范圍）程度問題/ 程度上不同
    You use degree in expressions such as a matter of degree and different in degree to indicate that you are talking about the comparative quantity, scale, or extent of something, rather than other factors.

    e.g. The first change is a matter of degree, the second is a fundamental shift...
           第一個(gè)改變只是程度上的變化，而第二個(gè)則是根本性的轉(zhuǎn)變。
    e.g. Generally, the programs of the president and the proposals of the governor appear to differ in degree and emphasis rather than ideology.
           總的來說，總統(tǒng)的方案和州長的提議似乎只是在程度和強(qiáng)調(diào)的重點(diǎn)上有所不同，根本的思想觀念幾乎無異。

3. (溫度的)度，度數(shù)
    A degree is a unit of measurement that is used to measure temperatures. It is often written as ?, for example 23?.

    e.g. It's over 80 degrees outside...
           外面的溫度超過了 80 度。
    e.g. Pure water sometimes does not freeze until it reaches minus 40 degrees Celsius.
           純凈水有時(shí)候要降到零下40攝氏度才會(huì)結(jié)冰。

4. 度，度數(shù)(可以表示角度、經(jīng)度、緯度等)
    A degree is a unit of measurement that is used to measure angles, and also longitude and latitude. It is often written as as '?', for example 23?.

    e.g. It was pointing outward at an angle of 45 degrees.
           它向外指向 45 度角的方向。
    e.g. ...McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which is at 78 degrees South.
           位于南緯 78 度的麥克默多南極考察站

5. 學(xué)位課程;學(xué)位;學(xué)銜
    A degree at a university or college is a course of study that you take there, or the qualification that you get when you have passed the course.

    e.g. He took a master's degree in economics at Yale.
           他選擇了攻讀耶魯大學(xué)的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)碩士學(xué)位。
    e.g. ...an engineering degree.
           工程學(xué)學(xué)位

6. see also: first-degree;second-degree;third-degree

7. 逐漸地;慢慢地
    If something happens by degrees, it happens slowly and gradually.

    e.g. The crowd in Robinson's Coffee-House was thinning, but only by degrees.
           魯賓遜咖啡屋里的人正在變少，但也只是漸少而已。

8. 在一定/很大/ 某種程度上
    You use expressions such as to some degree ,to a large degree, or to a certain degree in order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true.

    e.g. These statements are, to some degree, all correct.
           這些聲明從某種程度上來說全都屬實(shí)。

9. 到…的程度;在…程度上
    You use expressions such as to what degree and to the degree that when you are discussing how true a statement is, or in what ways it is true.

    e.g. To what degree would you say you had control over things that went on?...
           你認(rèn)為發(fā)生的事情在多大程度上是在你的掌控之下？
    e.g. He believes in himself to such a degree that he abuses his friends.
           他對(duì)自己極為自信，以至于竟然辱罵朋友。

10. to the nth degree -> see nth