| 单词 | gamma minus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgamma minus 6. A third-class mark awarded in an examination, test, etc.; a paper, candidate, etc., meriting such a mark. Sometimes with a following modifying word or phrase, indicating relative position within the (notional) third class, as gamma minus, gamma plus, etc. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > specific marks accessit1753 honour1774 credit1802 second class1810 firsta1830 first class1830 third class1844 Hons.1850 max1851 second1852 special mention1886 distinction?1890 A1892 E1892 pass mark1894 two-two1895 alpha1898 alpha plus1898 gamma1898 beta1902 delta1911 alpha minus1914 fourth1914 straight A1926 two-one1937 lower second1960 honourable mention2011 1898 M. Beerbohm in Sat. Rev. 28 May 710/1 The examiners..marked my paper ‘gamma-minus-query’. 1914 M. West Educ. & Psychol. ii. 21 Even if the boy passes, the classes are given on the average of the papers; gammas (‘bads’) cancel out alphas (‘goods’), whereas in life an alpha is an alpha. 1956 L. E. Jones Edwardian Youth iv. 98 A Second Class in Greats, thanks to ‘Gammas’ for Greek and Latin composition. 1973 Mod. Lang. Rev. Oct. 837 I cannot resist the temptation to bestow..Gamma-minus..on [the poet] Firdusi; Gamma-plus on the maker of ‘Il'ya and Sokol'nik’; [etc.]. 2010 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Apr. 10 Her essay received a double gamma minus, taking her total result from a first to a third. < as lemmas |
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