http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/degree-> 3 ...注意看例句 或是好的英汉字典也有这条目(把关系子句拉出来,暂时先只看到the stake就好)people continue to up the state [to which(=the degree)]{前移->关系子句}剩下的两个:people continue to change it up [...]people continue to use different approaches [...]