单词 | eligible |
释义 | eligible (once / 707 pages) adj If you get good grades, volunteer at the hospital, play varsity sports, and write for your school paper, you might be eligible for a college scholarship. If you’re eligible for something, you’re either qualified for it or allowed to do it. You’re eligible for unemployment benefits if you’ve recently been laid off, but not if you've never had a job in the first place. You may not be eligible to enter a sweepstakes if you work for the company giving away the money. Neither your dog nor your friend from Australia is eligible to run for president of the United States, but you might be! WORD FAMILYeligible: eligibility, eligibly, ineligible+/eligibility: eligibilities/ineligibility: ineligibilities/ineligible: ineligibility USAGE EXAMPLESAs employees, they would be eligible to press for a range of benefits that would upend the firms’ labor costs and business models. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Any city where schools are struggling would be eligible to volunteer. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Jaschke said he’s hopeful the federal government will agree farm land where buffers are required will be eligible for the Conservation Reserve Program. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) adj qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen eligible to run for office eligible for retirement benefits an eligible bachelor Syn|Ant bailable eligible for bail desirable, suitable, worthyworthy of being chosen especially as a spouse entitledqualified for by right according to law in lineawaiting something; especially something due legalallowed by official rules pensionableentitled to receive a pension qualifiedmeeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task ineligible not eligible disqualifieddisqualified by law or rule or provision disqualifiedbarred from competition for violation of rules undesirable, unsuitablenot worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse) unentitled, unqualifiedhaving no right or entitlement unqualifiednot meeting the proper standards and requirements and training |
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