Note the subtle gradation of / in colour in this painting.
注意这幅画中色彩的细微变化.
🌱 联想助记
接近 gradual 渐进的
📖 牛津释义
gradation
n
1 [U, C] gradual change from one thing to another (从一事物到另一事物的)渐变
Note the subtle gradation of/in colour in this painting. 注意这幅画中色彩的细微变化.
2 [C] any of the stages or steps into which sth is divided (事物划分的)阶段, 等级
It was hard to understand all the minute gradations of their bureaucracy. 很难弄清楚他们那套官僚体制全部细微的等级分别.
3 [C] mark showing a division on a scale 刻度
the gradations on a thermometer 温度计上的刻度.
Very strange. It was my first earthquake, you see, and I didn't know what was happening.
很奇怪。那是我第一次经历地震,你瞧,我当时还不知道发生了什么事。
Of course he is. He's very successful. He's made lots of records. They broadcast a programme of his music last month on the radio. Why don't you come on Saturday? I think you'd enjoy it.