| 单词 | qualify |
| 释义 | qualify (once / 169 pages) 1v 2v Make sure you know the context when using the word qualify. In one sense, it means to be right for, to measure up. In another sense, though, qualify means to change something slightly, to limit it or add a condition to it. If you want to qualify for your driver's license, remember not to drive through that final stop sign without stopping. I guarantee you that if you don't stop you will not qualify. You don't just get your Eagle Badge. You have to qualify for it—there's a lot to do before you get it. The word might be used in its other sense like this: If you plan to get married, keep your vows simple: say "I do." Don't qualify them by saying something like "I do...except sometimes, when I don't." If you have to qualify your wedding vows, don't get married. WORD FAMILYqualify: disqualify, qualification, qualified, qualifier, qualifies, qualifying+/disqualification: disqualifications/disqualify: disqualification, disqualified, disqualifies, disqualifying/qualification: qualifications/qualified: qualifiedly, unqualified/qualifier: qualifiers/qualifying: qualifyings/unqualified: unqualifiedly USAGE EXAMPLESNearly 4,000 children whose family income should qualify them for subsidies were on the wait list as of November, according to state data. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) She acknowledged that there were grants available to the UK tech sector, but added that they were difficult to qualify for. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) About a third of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches because of their parents’ lower incomes, according to state figures. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v prove capable or fit; meet requirements Syn|Hyper measure up answer, do, serve, suffice be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity 2v make fit or prepared Your education qualifies you for this job Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper dispose disqualify, indispose, unfit make unfit or unsuitable habilitate qualify for teaching at a university in Europe capacitatemake capable groom, prepare, train educate for a future role or function 3v pronounce fit or able 2She was qualified to run the marathon They nurses were qualified to administer the injections Ant|Hypo|Hyper disqualify declare unfit capacitate make legally capable or qualify in law judge, label, pronounce pronounce judgment on 1v make more specific qualify these remarks Syn|Hyper restrict modify make less severe or harsh or extreme 2v add a modifier to a constituent Syn|Hyper modify add make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of 3v specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement Syn|Hypo|Hyper condition, specify, stipulate stipulate give a guarantee or promise of provide determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation contract, undertake enter into a contractual arrangement 4v describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of Syn|Hypo|Hyper characterise, characterize differentiate, distinguish, mark be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense stampreveal clearly as having a certain character characterise, characterizebe characteristic of remember, think of keep in mind for attention or consideration |
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