单词 | doctoral |
释义 | doctoraladj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or befitting (formerly) †a teacher or a person of eminent learning (obsolete) or someone who holds the degree of doctor. Also: designating the degree of doctor; relating to or signifying this degree. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [adjective] > having degree > relating to doctorate doctoral1549 doctorly1570 doctorial1729 postdoctorate1912 postdoctoral1929 postdoc1942 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. niv Thei moue some doctorall question, sometyme suche as toucheth neither heauen nor earth, whiche they take yet to serue muche to theyr purpose. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 554/2 The golden laurell of teaching doctoral, is not from aboue indifferently euery mans gift. 1588 J. Penry Def. Ignorant Ministerie 32 If the ministry of vnpreaching ministers be a preaching ministerye, or if their function be a pastorall or doctorall function, then [etc.] 1644 J. Milton in tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce To Parl. sig. B4 O that I could set him living before ye in that doctoral chair, where once the lernedest of England thought it no disparagement to sit at his feet! 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 121 The Authority of Synods in matters of Faith is Doctorall and declarative, and not decisively Judiciall. 1758 tr. Voltaire Maid of Orleans I. x. 182 Much they knew of the matter, good gentlemen, with their doctoral caps! 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 277 To receive from an university the privilege of wearing the doctoral scarlet. 1941 Decatur (Illinois) Herald 26 Aug. 4/3 We assume that President Brandt fears his faculty members of doctoral rank will be ‘confused’ with the physicians and surgeons, the dentists,..and the veterinarians of Norman, the seat of the state university. 2017 Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) 7 Nov. 3/4 The funding will help 25 low-income..or otherwise underrepresented students work toward a doctoral degree in a science, technology, engineering or math field. b. Of research or other academic work: conducted with a view to obtaining a doctorate; of or relating to such work. Of a person: engaged in academic work with the object of obtaining a doctorate. Of a thesis or dissertation: submitted, or intended to be submitted, in fulfilment of the requirements of such a degree. ΚΠ 1810 Monthly Mag. May 345/2 The greater part of these ideas and facts had before been contained in his doctoral thesis. 1873 N. Amer. Rev. July 40 Notwithstanding his doctoral dissertation of 1813, ‘On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason’,..Schopenhauer remained unknown as a philosopher. 1908 Educ. Rev. June 75 It would be practicable to frame a course in the development of thought at large which..would effect long-desired improvements in the training of our doctoral candidates. 1979 Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi) 17 Aug. 3 a/5 The State College Board Thursday approved two new doctoral programs for Mississippi universities. 2010 Times 2 Apr. 40/3 An original copy [of Haiti's Declaration of Independence] has been found by a Canadian doctoral student on a research trip to Britain. 2. Holding the position of a doctor or teacher; possessing the degree of doctor. Now rare. ΚΠ 1590 Remonstrance xiv. 160 Preaching and vnpreaching Elders, Doctorall and Pastorall cannot be in euery congregation, neither need be. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 575 When the elder Doctors..faile them, they might goe to Sorbona..to furnish them of Doctorall witnesses. 1826 tr. J. A. Llorente Hist. Inquisition in Spain xxv. 279 Balvoa (Doctor Juan de), doctoral canon of the cathedral of Salamanca... He was one of the most distinguished literati of his age. 1991 Sci. & Engin. Indicators 114/2 The increasing age of academic researchers tends to reflect both the rising average age of doctoral academics in general and low academic hiring levels. 3. Characteristic of or reminiscent of a doctor, esp. a medical doctor. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [adjective] admitting1832 humoristic1852 doctoral1883 physicianary1932 1883 R. L. Stevenson in Longman's Mag. July 292 A native..pronounced it, with a doctoral air, ‘a fever and ague morning’. 1919 J. Conrad Arrow of Gold v. vii. 349 ‘And mark,’ he expounded further, in a curiously doctoral tone—‘you are in all your limbs hateful: your eyes are hateful and your mouth is hateful, and your hair is hateful.’ 2014 National (Abu Dhabi) (Nexis) 12 Nov. Despite his doctoral manner, Mr Ahmed is a lifelong economist. Derivatives ˈdoctorally adv. in a manner characteristic of or befitting a doctor; as a doctor. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [adverb] > specific degree doctorally1573 1573 in T. Cartwright Replye to Answere Whitgifte (new ed.) 172 He dothe by and by raise vp hym selfe into hys chaire, and there sitteth Doctorally, apposing the authors of the admonition. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. x. 402 The Physitians daily, resorted to him to touch his pulse and consider in college of his disease, doctorally at their departure. a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1675) xvii. 261 Sinning doctorally, and magisterially..even setting up a school of Atheism. 1887 Monthly Homœopathic Rev. Apr. 254 This great physician..talked learnedly and doctorally with the man's friends. 2005 Economist 26 Mar. 11/1 The appointee..will be doctorally qualified in Economics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < adj.1549 |
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