核心词议：
adj. 逐渐的；平缓的
gradual 基本解释
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
n. 弥撒升阶圣歌；弥撒圣歌集
速记方法
速记技巧 联想记忆法 grade n.年级。这个单词大家应该都认识，为什么有几年级几年级，是因为要一级一级的往上面走。
而这种逐渐的、一点点的、一级一级的过程就可以引申为：逐渐的、渐渐地、慢慢的。
如果加ly则表示副词=gradually adv.逐渐地、慢慢地
知识扩展
词组短语 gradual change 慢慢变，渐变
gradual transition 渐变；逐次跃迁；缓变结
gradual advance 逐渐上升，渐升
gradual decrease 逐渐减少 相关单词 graduate student n.研究生；毕业生
gradual 记忆方法
gradual相关的词根或词缀是:
grad
gradual逐步的adj.
grad 步；度，级；走 + ual 有…性质的 → 逐步的
中文词源： gradual
精选例句
1、 Training for a marathon requires careful preparation and steady, gradual increases in the length of the runs.
马拉松训练需要仔细的准备和稳定，逐步增加跑的长度。[机器自动翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
2、 Whatever colour changes the ocean experiences in the coming decades will probably be too gradual and unnoticeable, but they could mean significant changes.
在未来的几十年里，无论什么颜色改变海洋体验，都可能是过于渐进和不引人注意的，但它们可能意味着重大的变化。[机器自动翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
1、 The biggest concern of pumping out water from this deep in the gradual settling down of the land surface.
从这么深的地方抽水最大的问题是陆地表面的逐渐沉降。
1、 As Neil Postman noted in his 1985 book Amusing Ourselves to Death, the rise of television introduced not just a new medium but a new discourse: a gradual shift from a typographic(印刷的)culture to a photographic one, which in turn meant a shift from rationality to emotions, exposition to entertainment.
正如尼尔·波兹曼在1985年出版的《娱乐至死》一书中指出的那样，电视的兴起不仅带来了一种新媒介，还带来了一种新的话语:从印刷文化逐渐转向摄影文化，这反过来意味着从理性转向情感，从阐述转向娱乐。
1、 Grade inflation – the gradual increase in average GPAs (grade-point averages) over the past few decades – is often considered a product of a consumer era in higher education, in which students are treated like customers to be pleased.
成绩膨胀——在过去几十年里平均绩点的逐渐增加——通常被认为是高等教育消费时代的产物，在这个时代，学生被当作顾客来对待，以取悦学生。
常见考点例句：
- The best he could hope for was gradual reform .
- 他能够期盼的最佳出路是渐进式改革。
- Gradual fiscal consolidation may also be stimulative in the short run .
- 短期来看，逐步的财政整固可能具有刺激效应。
- The makeover will be gradual .
- 该变动将会是平缓的。
- For the curripaco of brazil , marriage is a gradual , undefinedprocess .
- 对巴西的curripaco部落而言，婚姻是个逐渐的，不明确的进程。
- Had russia adopted more gradual reforms , those lives would have been saved .
- 如果俄罗斯采取更渐进化的改革，就会挽救这些生命。
