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qualify

/kwol-uh-fahy/US // ˈkwɒl əˌfaɪ //UK // (ˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪ) //

有资格,有资格的,符合条件,符合条件的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    qual·i·fied, qual·i·fy·ing.

    • : to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
    • : to modify or limit in some way; make less strong or positive: to qualify an endorsement.
    • : Grammar. to modify.
    • : to make less violent, severe, or unpleasant; moderate; mitigate.
    • : to attribute some quality or qualities to; characterize, call, or name: She cannot qualify his attitude as either rational or irrational.
    • : to modify or alter the flavor or strength of: He qualified his coffee with a few drops of brandy.
    • : Law. to certify as legally competent.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    qual·i·fied, qual·i·fy·ing.

    • : to be fitted or competent for something.
    • : to get authority, license, power, etc., as by fulfilling required conditions, taking an oath, etc.
    • : Sports. to demonstrate the required ability in an initial or preliminary contest: He qualified in the trials.
    • : to fire a rifle or pistol on a target range for a score high enough to achieve a rating of marksman, sharpshooter, or expert.
    • : Military. to pass a practical test in gunnery.
    • : Law. to perform the actions necessary to acquire legal power or capacity: By filing a bond and taking an oath he qualified as executor.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmake or become ready, prepared
Forms: qualified, qualifying
verblessen, restrict
Forms: qualified, qualifying
Antonyms

Examples

  • While they are not eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, a House staff member estimated that tens of thousands have incomes low enough that they would qualify for the stimulus aid if they were eligible.

  • The court ruled 9 to 0 that the lawsuit did not qualify for the limited exception in federal law that generally restricts American courts from hearing lawsuits against foreign governments.

  • A whistleblower noticed that lenders were shuffling loan financing from one bond to another to increase the volume of loans that qualified for the subsidies.

  • She had spent hours trying to find her father an appointment, once he had qualified for a vaccine under Texas rules.

  • The model currently gives Liverpool just a 4 percent chance to win the league and a 66 percent chance to qualify for the Champions League.

  • Magazines are the only thing in my apartment that qualify as clutter.

  • Another unknown is how many from that pool will eventually qualify.

  • We cannot qualify it based on ideological notions or concepts important only at one time in history.

  • To qualify for special protection, Marmolejos wrote, Doyle would have to have disclosed “substantial” law-breaking by the lab.

  • Qualification is exacting, and a majority of the teams that do qualify are from the West.

  • If he fails to qualify or a vacancy occurs, the creditors have an opportunity to make another appointment.

  • They had received power sufficient to qualify them to preach that the "kingdom of heaven was at hand."

  • At breakfast next morning he was induced to qualify his satisfaction to some extent—but very slightly.

  • My readers in the two previous chapters have drunk raw spirit, and must now qualify it after the Scotch fashion.

  • The personal and moral influence of Mr. O'Brien were such as to qualify him to be a leader.