A gradable adjective is one you can grade: you can put very, fairly, a bit in front of it, or use -er / -est or more / most. Tall, cold, interesting, and expensive are typical.

A gradable adjective is one you can grade一個gradable形容詞就是可以分級的形容詞: you can put very, fairly, a bit in front of it你可以在它前面加very、fairly、a bit, or use -er / -est or more / most或用比較級-er/-est或more/most. Tall, cold, interesting, and expensive are typical像tall、cold、interesting、expensive都是典型例子

An ungradable (or “absolute”) adjective does not work that way in careful use: atomic, wooden in the “made of wood” sense, married.

An ungradable (or “absolute”) adjective而一個ungradable，也就是absolute形容詞 does not work that way in careful use在嚴謹用法裡不能這樣用: atomic, wooden in the “made of wood” sense, married像atomic、指「木頭做的」那個意思的wooden、還有married都是

Teachers use gradable almost only in this grammar sense; outside class, people do not ask “Is this adjective gradable?” They just speak.

Teachers use gradable almost only in this grammar sense老師幾乎只會在這個文法意義上用gradable這個詞; outside class在課堂外, people do not ask “Is this adjective gradable?”人們不會問「這個形容詞gradable嗎？」, they just speak他們就是直接講話

Though actually, the same spelling can also mean “able to be given a mark or a quality grade” in a school or factory, but here the filing is the language-class meaning. And real speakers stretch the tidy line — very unique is everywhere — so the label describes the usual behaviour of the word, not a law.

Though actually不過其實, the same spelling can also mean “able to be given a mark or a quality grade”同樣的拼法也可以指「可以被打分數或評等級的」 in a school or factory用在學校或工廠裡, but here the filing is the language-class meaning不過這裡歸的是語言課的那個意思. And real speakers stretch the tidy line而真實的說話者常把這條整齊的界線拉鬆 — very unique is everywhere到處都聽得到very unique — so the label describes the usual behaviour of the word所以這個標籤描述的是這個詞平常的行為, not a law不是一條律法