readiness n. 容易;迅速;敏捷;欣然应允,愿意;准备,有预备。 readiness to assume responsibility 负责精神。 get (up) everything in readiness for 为…准备齐全。 hold in readiness 经常有准备。 in readiness (for) … 准备妥当。 readiness of wit 机敏。 with readiness 欣然;爽快地;迅速地。
degree n. 1.程度;等级。 2.阶层,地位。 3.学位,学术。 4.度,度数。 5.【数学】次;幂。 6.【音乐】阶,度,音程。 7.【语法】(形容词和副词的)级。 8.【法律】亲等。 He was tired to such a degree that he fainted. 他疲乏得昏了过去。 people of every degree 各阶层的人们。 a man of high degree 地位高的人们。 give [take] a degree 授与[取得]学位。 the prohibited degrees (of marriage) 禁止结婚的亲等 〔一、二、三等亲〕。 third degree 〔美国〕(警察的)严厉的拷问。 by degrees 渐次,渐渐,逐渐。 by slow degrees 慢慢,一点儿一点儿地。 degree of frost 零下(10 degrees of frost 零下10度)。 in a degree 有一点儿。 in its degree 各有(所长等)(Each is useful in its degree. 各有不同程度的用处)。 in some degree 多少。 to a certain degree 相当。 to a degree 非常;〔美国〕有点。 to the last degree 极端,再…没有了。
Fortunately i had had the advantage of being taught french by a french lady ; and as i had always made a point of conversing with madame pierrot as often as i could , and had besides , during the last seven years , learnt a portion of french by heart daily - applying myself to take pains with my accent , and imitating as closely as possible the pronunciation of my teacher , i had acquired a certain degree of readiness and correctness in the language , and was not likely to be much at a loss with mademoiselle adela 幸好我得益于曾拜一个法国太太为师,学过法语。那时我下了决心抓紧一切机会同皮埃罗夫人交谈。此外,过去七年来还坚持每天背诵一段法语,在语调上狠下功夫,逼真地模仿我老师的发音,因而我的法语已经相当流利和准确,不至于听不懂阿德拉小姐说的话。