qualify是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to successfully finish a training course so that you are able to do a job; to have or achieve the necessary skills, etc. -- （使）具有資格，（使）合格

  • She hopes to qualify (as a lawyer) at the end of the year. 她希望在年底取得（律師）資格。

  • [ + obj + to infinitive ] This course qualifies you to teach in any secondary school. 這個課程可以讓你取得在任何中學任教的資格。

• 1 to have the legal right to have or do something because of the situation you are in, or to cause someone to have such a right -- 有資格；准予；有權

  • She doesn't qualify for maternity leave because she hasn't been in her job long enough. 她無權休產假，因為她任職的時間不夠長。

  • To qualify for the competition you need to be over 18. 18歲以上才有資格參賽。

  • Being a single parent qualifies you for extra benefits. 單親父母有資格領取額外補貼。

  • [ + obj + to infinitive ] figurative He thinks the fact that he's worked here longer than the rest of us qualifies him (= gives him the right) to tell us all what to do. 他覺得自己在這裡工作的時間比我們其他人都長，所以有權發號施令。

• 2 to succeed in getting into a competition -- 取得比賽資格

  • Nigeria was the first team to qualify for the World Cup. 奈及利亞隊是第一支取得世界盃參賽資格的球隊。

  • England has to win tonight's qualifying match to advance to the next round of the competition. 英格蘭隊必須在今晚的資格賽中獲勝才能進入下一輪比賽。

  • Our goal has always been to reach the qualifying rounds of the Champions League. 我們的目標一直是獲得參加冠軍盃預選賽的資格。

• 3 to limit the strength or meaning of a statement -- 限制，限定；緩和

  • I'd like to qualify my criticisms of the school's failings, by adding that it's a very happy place. 關於我對這所學校不盡人意之處的批評我想補充一點，就是這是一個令人感到愉快的地方。

  • In the sentence "He walked quickly along the road", "quickly" and "along the road" qualify "walked". 在 He walked quickly along the road 這句話裡，quickly 和 along the road 修飾 walked。