qualify
- IPA[ˈkwäləˌfī]
美式
- be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition；become eligible for a competition or its final rounds, by reaching a certain standard or defeating a competitor
verb: qualify, 3rd person present: qualifies, gerund or present participle: qualifying, past tense: qualified, past participle: qualified
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition they do not qualify for compensation payments 同義詞
- ▪ become eligible for a competition or its final rounds, by reaching a certain standard or defeating a competitor he failed to qualify for the Olympic team
- ▪ be or make properly entitled to be classed in a particular way he qualifies as a genuine political refugee 同義詞
- 2. become officially recognized as a practitioner of a particular profession or activity by satisfying the relevant conditions or requirements, typically by undertaking a course of study and passing examinations I've only just qualified after the war he qualified as a lawyer 同義詞
- ▪ officially recognize or establish (someone) as a practitioner of a particular profession or activity the courses qualify you as an instructor of the sport 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ make (someone) competent or knowledgeable enough to do something I'm not qualified to write on the subject
- 3. make (a statement or assertion) less absolute; add reservations to she felt obliged to qualify her first short answer 同義詞
- ▪ archaic make (something extreme or undesirable) less severe or extreme his sincere piety and his large heart always qualify his errors
- ▪ archaic alter the strength or flavor of (something, especially a liquid) he qualified his mug of water with a plentiful infusion of the liquor
- 4. (of a word or phrase) attribute a quality to (another word, especially a preceding noun).
- ▪ archaic attribute a specified quality to something; describe something as the propositions have been qualified as heretical
