• vt. 授予…學位；分等級；標上刻度
• vi. 畢業；漸變
• n. 研究生；畢業生
• adj. 畢業的；研究生的

來自grade, 級別，層級。引申義達到一定級別的，畢業。

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畢業實習生。

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2. Children graduate to the kindergarten, then pre-school, and then school.

孩子們先上幼兒園，然后上學前班，再接著上小學。

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3. In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare.

畢業稅具體操作起來不啻一場行政噩夢。

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4. Graduate status is the minimum requirement for entry to the teaching profession.

研究生學歷是從事教學工作的最低要求。

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5. Chicago has 6 graduate and professional schools of high repute.

芝加哥有6所頗負盛名的研究生院和專業院校。

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