graduate是什么意思

graduate

英 ['gr?d???t; -dj??t] 美 [?ɡr?d?u?et]

graduate 畢業(yè)，大學(xué)畢業(yè)生

來自grade, 級別，層級。引申義達(dá)到一定級別的，畢業(yè)。

graduate (n.): early 15c., "one who holds a degree" (originally with man; as a stand-alone noun from mid-15c.), from Medieval Latin graduatus, past participle of graduari "to take a degree," from Latin gradus "step, grade" (see grade (n.)). As an adjective, from late 15c.
graduate (v.): early 15c., "to confer a university degree upon," from Medieval Latin graduatus (see graduate (n.)). Intransitive sense from 1807. Related: Graduated; graduating.

1. My first job was as a graduate trainee with a bank.: 我的第一份工作是在一家銀行做大學(xué)畢業(yè)實(shí)習(xí)生。

2. Children graduate to the kindergarten, then pre-school, and then school.: 孩子們先上幼兒園，然后上學(xué)前班，再接著上小學(xué)。

3. In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare.: 畢業(yè)稅具體操作起來不啻一場行政噩夢。

4. Graduate status is the minimum requirement for entry to the teaching profession.: 研究生學(xué)歷是從事教學(xué)工作的最低要求。

5. Chicago has 6 graduate and professional schools of high repute.: 芝加哥有6所頗負(fù)盛名的研究生院和專業(yè)院校。