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• qualify   /ˈkwɒlɪfaɪ/ DJ   /ˈkwɑːl-/ DJ US   /'kwɑləˈfaɪ/ KK US
  • verb
    • Irregular:
      qualifies;   qualifying;   qualified;   qualified
    • 取得资格（或学历）；合格 to reach the standard of ability or knowledge needed to do a particular job, for example by completing a course of study or passing examsV ~ (as sth)
      • 需要多长时间才能取得资格？ How long does it take to qualify?
      • 他去年获得了医生的资格。 He qualified as a doctor last year.
    • 使合格；使具备资格 to give somebody the skills and knowledge they need to do something~ sb (for sth)
      • 本培训课程将使你能胜任更好的工作。 This training course will qualify you for a better job.VN
      • 通过这一考试就有资格驾驶重型车辆。 The test qualifies you to drive heavy vehicles.VN to inf.
    • 有权，使有权（做某事） to have or give somebody the right to do something~ (sb) (for sth)
      • 你若在本地区居住，就有权领取停车许可证。 If you live in the area, you qualify for a parking permit.V
      • 你必须在这个国家居住至少三年才能享有此权利。 To qualify, you must have lived in this country for at least three years.
      • 交纳会费并不能使你自动成为会员。 Paying a fee doesn't automatically qualify you for membership.VN
    • 达标；获得参赛资格 to be of a high enough standard to enter a competition; to defeat another person or team in order to enter or continue in a competitionV ~ (for sth)
      • 他未能获得参赛资格。 He failed to qualify.
      • 他们打进了世界杯决赛。 They qualified for the World Cup.
    • 符合，配得上（某称号、名称等） to have the right qualities to be described as a particular thing~ (sth) (as sth)
      • 你看这连衣裙适合作晚礼服吗？ Do you think this dress qualifies as evening wear?V
      • 这是一座老建筑，但不足以称为古迹。 It's an old building, but that doesn't qualify it as an ancient monument!VN
    • 使所说的话语气减弱（或更具体等） to add something to a previous statement to make the meaning less strong or less generalVN
      • 我想具体说明一下我原先的话 我没有说他不能担任这工作，只是说他需要指导。 I want to qualify what I said earlier─I didn't mean he couldn't do the job, only that he would need supervision.
    • 单词 of a word 修饰；限定 to describe another word in a particular wayVN
      • 在 the open door 中，open 是修饰 door 的形容词。 In ‘the open door’, ‘open’ is an adjective qualifying ‘door’.

English dictionary

• qual·i·fy
  • 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
  • Be or make properly entitled to be classed in a particular way

Web translations

Usage examples

• "I don't know how to classify [the episode]," Childress said Thursday. "Not reallly a seizure but he had some trouble over here. I'd be remiss if I tried to qualify it one way or the other. He seemed like he was stable. Shugs [head athletic...
  Aug 20, 2010 -  Brad Childress -  Washington Post (blog)
• Speaking in June, he added: "If they'd asked me earlier I probably would have accepted. But there are players in the squad who have spent nearly two years flying all around the world helping England qualify for the World Cup, whereas I haven't been...
  Aug 28, 2010 -  Paul Scholes -  TheFootballNetwork.net
• "The iPad is so fast and light, the multitouch screen so bright and responsive, the software so easy to navigate, that it really does qualify as a new category of gadget," said Pogue.
  Apr 1, 2010 -  David Pogue -  InformationWeek

Web definitions

• • prove capable or fit; meet requirements
    
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• • pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"
    
  wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• • make more specific; "qualify these remarks"
    
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