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VERB
(通过考试)取得资格，合格，达到标准
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...
可是等我获得资格开始教书的时候，却是另一番情形了。
I qualified as a doctor from London University over 30 years ago.
30多年前，我从伦敦大学毕业，取得了行医资格。
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V-ERG
(使)有资格获得;(使)有权去做
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...
你必须为同一个雇主工作满两年才能享受产假。
The basic course does not qualify you to practise as a therapist.
这门基础课程并不能让你获得治疗师的从业资格。
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V-ERG
可称得上;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...
米歇尔先生说，13%的美国家庭符合贫困家庭的标准。
These people seem to think that reading a few books on old age qualifies them as experts.
这些人似乎以为自己读了几本关于老年人的书就可以算作专家了。
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VERB
通过预赛;取得(下一轮)比赛资格
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...
诺丁汉森林队于星期二打败了特兰米尔队，取得了决赛资格。
Cameroon have also qualified after beating Sierra Leone.
喀麦隆队击败塞拉利昂队之后也成功晋级。
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VERB
具体说明;使语气缓和
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.
我会将它放入上下文中进行具体解释。