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取得资格,有资格使有资格,使合格,限定,限制,准予

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Qualify \Qual"i*fy\, v. i.
   1. To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or
      employment.

   2. To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or
      complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.

Qualify \Qual"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Qualified}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Qualifying}.] [F. qualifier, LL. qualificare, fr. L.
   qualis how constituted, as + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See
   {Quality}, and {-Fy}.]
   1. To make such as is required; to give added or requisite
      qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation,
      or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or
      other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make
      capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with
      legal power or capacity.

            He had qualified himself for municipal office by
            taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession.
                                                  --Macaulay.

   2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to
      regulate.

            It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. --Sir
                                                  T. Browne.

   3. To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive
      form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to
      limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a
      statement, claim, or proposition.

   4. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to
      reduce the strength of, as liquors.

            I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, But
            qualify the fire's extreme rage.      --Shak.

   5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.]

            In short space he has them qualified. --Spenser.

   Syn: To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable;
        modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper.

资料来源 : WordNet®

qualify
     v 1: prove capable or fit; meet requirements [syn: {measure up}]
     2: pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the
        marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the
        injections" [ant: {disqualify}]
     3: make more specific; "qualify these remarks" [syn: {restrict}]
     4: make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this
        job" [syn: {dispose}] [ant: {disqualify}]
     5: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or
        agreement; make an express demand or provision in an
        agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the
        house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates
        the dates of the payments" [syn: {stipulate}, {condition},
         {specify}]
     6: describe or portray the character or the qualities or
        peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as
        that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a
        lament for a dead lover" [syn: {characterize}, {characterise}]
     7: add a modifier to a constituent [syn: {modify}]
     [also: {qualified}]
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