1.You use degree to indicate the extent to which something happens or is the case,or the amount which something is felt.
These man-made barriers will ensure a very high degree of protection...
Politicians have used television with varying degrees of success.
1.你使用degree来表明某事发生、符合某种情况或感受到某事的程度.
例句：这些人造的栅栏将确保高度的防护.
政治家们不同程度地成功利用了电视.
2.If something has a degree of a particular quality,it has a small but significant amount of that quality.
Their wages do,however,allow them a degree of independence...
2.如果某事具有a degree of（可翻译成“一定程度的”）一种特定的性质,（那么意思就是）它具有很少但相当数量的那种性质.
例句：不过,他们的工资给予他们一定程度的独立性.
注：这句话的意思既不是说工资很高,也不是说工资使他们有了很大或完全的独立性.就像解释的那样,用a degree of来修饰的这种独立性是很少却有相当的程度的.