vt.使具備資格；描述；[語]修飾
vi.取得資格；合格
This test will qualify you to fly an aircraft. 這次考試將使你取得駕駛飛機的資格。
His knowledge and skills qualify him for the job. 他的知識和技能使他有資格擔任這項工作。
Your passport qualifies you to receive free medical treatment. 你所持的護照可使你享有免費醫(yī)療。
I qualify it as a plot. 我說它是一個陰謀。
用作不及物動詞 (vi.)I won't qualify until next year. 我明年才具備資格。
After three years here you'll qualify for a rise. 你在這里三年就可獲加薪。
Our team has qualified for the semi-final. 我隊已有資格進入半決賽。
In that case, he won't qualify as a good husband. 這么說來,他不算是個合格的丈夫。
qualify的基本意思是“(使)有資格”,指通過宣誓、作保、遵照必要形式或條件而獲得合法或適當?shù)臋嗔?還可指取得或具備某一職業(yè)的合格條件。引申可作“限制”“修飾”解。
qualify可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時可接名詞或代詞作賓語,意為“使某人有資格做某事”。
qualify還可接以動詞不定式充當補足語的復合賓語。
qualify與介詞as連用表示“有條件做…”; 與介詞for連用表示“能勝任,有做…的條件”。
在非正式語體里, qualify可引出直接引語,作“贊許”解。
qualify的過去分詞qualified可用作形容詞,在句中作定語或表語。
下列各組里兩個句子的意思相同: 約翰有資格做一名律師。John qualifies as a barrister.John qualifies for a barrister. 訓練課程使你有資格成為駕駛教練員。The training course qualifies you to bea driving instructor.The training course qualifies you as adriving instructor.
下列兩個句子的意思不同: He qualified as a typist.他爭取到了作打字員的資格。He was qualified as a typist.他是個合格的打字員。
