gradual是什么意思？

gradual

英[ˈgrædʒuəl] 美[ˈɡrædʒuəl]

• adj. 渐进的，渐（升）降的，倾斜度小的，逐次的，逐渐的，平缓的；
• n. 弥撒升阶圣歌，弥撒圣歌集；

例句

• The doctor noticed a gradual improvement in his patient. 医生注意到病人在逐渐恢复健康。
• As I sit in a shadowy corner, I observe a slow and gradual elongation of his mouth. 坐在一个暗角落里我观察到他的嘴慢慢而逐渐地伸长。
• the gradual disintegration of traditional values 传统价值观念的逐渐解体
• The relations reflect the nature of the tectonic movement, that is, gradual or cyclic. 这些关系反映出构造运动的性质, 是渐进的或是旋回的.
• Along this transect the rise in elevation is gradual. 沿着这条植被带海拔上升舒缓.
• People tried to persuade him to go for a more gradual reform programme. 人们试图说服他采取更为渐进的改革方案。
• Price appreciation will be more gradual hereon and more in keeping with inflation. 从今以后价格的涨势将变得平缓些,也会趋向和通胀同步.
• a gradual change in the climate 气候的逐渐变化
• Weaning should be a gradual process. 断奶要一步步来。
• The result would be the observed gradual change in fibril orientation. 结果形成所观察到的原纤取向的逐渐变化.

同义词

• adj.
  gradual的同义词之：逐渐的;慢慢的
  slow,
• gradual的同义词之：其他释义
  little, easy, slow, by,

英语六级真题

However,while talking is largely subconscious and rapid, writing is deliberate and slow, Over time,writers took advantage of this and started crafting long-winded sentences such as this one:The whole engagement lasted above 12 hours, till the gradual retreat of the Persians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal leaders and……" No one talks like that casually — or should
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the gradual change of word meaning
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Friendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more acceptable as a friend if it simulated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  逐渐的；逐步的
  A gradual change or process occurs in small stages over a long period of time, rather than suddenly.
  例句
  Losing weight is a slow, gradual process... 减肥是一个缓慢而渐进的过程。 You can expect her progress at school to be gradual rather than brilliant. 你可以指望她在学习上循序渐进，但别指望她突飞猛进。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  渐渐的；逐渐的；逐步的；渐进的
  The doctor noticed a gradual improvement in his patient. 医生注意到病人在逐渐恢复健康。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
• Adjective
  1. proceeding in small stages;
  "a gradual increase in prices"
  2. of a topographical gradient; not steep or abrupt;
  "a gradual slope"