- Use the adjective gradual to describe something that happens slowly, bit by bit, like the gradual increase in the amount of daylight in winter.
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- adj. 逐渐的；逐步的
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1. a gradual change in the climate
气候的逐渐变化
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2. Recovery from the disease is very gradual.
这种疾病的康复过程缓慢。
- gradual (adj.) early 15c., "having steps or ridges," from Medieval Latin gradualis, from Latin gradus "a step; a step climbed; a step toward something, a degree of something rising by stages" (from PIE root *ghredh- "to walk, go"). Meaning "arranged by degrees" is from 1540s; that of "taking place by degrees" is from 1690s.
grad·ual ★ / ˈɡrædʒuəl ; NAmE ˈɡrædʒuəl / adjective 1 ★ happening slowly over a long period; not sudden 逐渐的；逐步的；渐进的 ◆ a gradual change in the climate 气候的逐渐变化 ◆ Recovery from the disease is very gradual. 这种疾病的康复过程缓慢。 OPP sudden 2 (of a slope 斜坡 ) not steep 平缓的；不陡的 gradual graduals grad·ual / ˈɡrædʒuəl ; NAmE ˈɡrædʒuəl /
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