Translation of gradually – English–Mandarin Chinese dictionary

gradually
adverb
uk
/ˈɡrædʒ.u.ə.li/
us
/ˈɡrædʒ.u.ə.li/
B2
slowly over a period of time or a distance
逐步地,逐渐地;平缓地
Gradually, she realized that he wasn't telling her the truth. 她渐渐地意识到他不跟她说实话。
The bank slopes gradually down to the river. 河岸平缓地向下一直延伸到水边。
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(Translation of gradually from the Cambridge English-Chinese (Simplified) Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of gradually

gradually
The dry ice gradually sublimed throughout the 2-d period, and had disappeared by the time samples were removed from the refrigerator.
After having more than doubled, to 1,780,000, by the mid-eighteenth century, it gradually decreased to 1,520,000 over the next hundred years.
The dominating principle of hierarchization in the field gradually became based on educational capital.
Over the next three weeks, the effect gradually returned.
Small lanes were gradually added to demarcate different sections and also to connect them as an organic whole.
The water level (decreased/was decreased) gradually. 12.
They generally started as small-scale traders and gradually enlarged the scale of their operations.
Both genres have been popular in the past, but have been gradually replaced by popular music.
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Translations of gradually

in Chinese (Traditional)
逐步地,逐漸地, 平緩地…
in Spanish
poco a poco, gradualmente…
in Portuguese
gradualmente, pouco a pouco, gradativamente…
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हळूहळू…
徐々に, だんだん, 次第(しだい)に…
azar azar, zamanla…
progressivement, graduellement…
gradualment…
langzamerhand…
மெதுவாக ஒரு காலப்பகுதியில் அல்லது தூரத்தில்…
(समय या दूरी में) धीरे-धीरे…
(સમય અથવા અંતરમાં) ધીમે ધીમે…
gradvist…
successivt, undan för undan…
beransur-ansur…
allmählich…
litt etter litt, gradvis…
تدریجاً, رفتہ رفتہ…
поступово, послідовно…
క్రమంగా…
ধীরে ধীরে, সময়ে বা দূরত্বে…
postupně…
secara berangsur-angsur…
อย่างทีละน้อย…
dần dần, từ từ…
stopniowo…
서서히…
gradualmente…
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