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VERB
(通過考試)取得資格，合格，達到標準
When someone qualifies, they pass the examinations that they need to be able to work in a particular profession.
例句
But when I'd qualified and started teaching it was a different story...
可是等我獲得資格開始教書的時候，卻是另一番情形了。
I qualified as a doctor from London University over 30 years ago.
30多年前，我從倫敦大學畢業，取得了行醫資格。
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V-ERG
(使)有資格獲得;(使)有權去做
If you qualify for something or if something qualifies you for it, you have the right to do it or have it.
例句
To qualify for maternity leave you must have worked for the same employer for two years...
你必須為同一個雇主工作滿兩年才能享受產假。
The basic course does not qualify you to practise as a therapist.
這門基礎課程并不能讓你獲得治療師的從業資格。
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V-ERG
可稱得上;符合；可算作
To qualify as something or to be qualified as something means to have all the features that are needed to be that thing.
例句
13 percent of American households qualify as poor, says Mr. Mishel...
米歇爾先生說，13%的美國家庭符合貧困家庭的標準。
These people seem to think that reading a few books on old age qualifies them as experts.
這些人似乎以為自己讀了幾本關于老年人的書就可以算作專家了。
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VERB
通過預賽;取得(下一輪)比賽資格
If you qualify in a competition, you are successful in one part of it and go on to the next stage.
例句
Nottingham Forest qualified for the final by beating Tranmere on Tuesday...
諾丁漢森林隊于星期二打敗了特蘭米爾隊，取得了決賽資格。
Cameroon have also qualified after beating Sierra Leone.
喀麥隆隊擊敗塞拉利昂隊之后也成功晉級。
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VERB
具體說明;使語氣緩和
If you qualify a statement, you make it less strong or less general by adding a detail or explanation to it.
例句
I would qualify that by putting it into context.
我會將它放入上下文中進行具體解釋。