释义
a. 逐渐的,逐步的
例句
1. There has been a gradual increase in the number of people owning cars.
拥有汽车的人数一直在逐渐上升。
2. Gradual deterioration of specific tissues, cells, or organs with corresponding impairment or loss of function, caused by injury, disease, or aging.
变性特定的组织、细胞或器官随着受伤、疾病或年老而导致的相应的功能的削弱或丧失，而形成的逐渐的变质