qualify

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qualify的基本意思是“(使)有资格”,指通过宣誓、作保、遵照必要形式或条件而获得合法或适当的权力,还可指取得或具备某一职业的合格条件。引申可作“限制”“修饰”解。
qualify可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时可接名词或代词作宾语,意为“使某人有资格做某事”。
qualify还可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。
qualify与介词as连用表示“有条件做…”; 与介词for连用表示“能胜任,有做…的条件”。
在非正式语体里, qualify可引出直接引语,作“赞许”解。
qualify的过去分词qualified可用作形容词,在句中作定语或表语。

He's the manager's son but that doesn't qualify him to criticize my work.
虽然他是经理的儿子,但并不等于他有资格对我的工作横加指责。

(FINISH TRAINING) to successfully finish a training course so that you are able to do a job; to have or achieve the necessary skills, etc.
(HAVE RIGHT) to have the legal right to have or do something because of the situation you are in, or to cause someone to have such a right
(GET INTO COMPETITION) to succeed in getting into a competition
(LIMIT) to limit the strength or meaning of a statement

If you qualify in a competition, you are successful in one part of it and go on to the next stage.
qualifier
To qualify as something or to be qualified as something means to have all the features that are needed to be that thing.
If you qualify a statement, you make it less strong or less general by adding a detail or explanation to it.
If you qualify for something or if something qualifies you for it, you have the right to do it or have it.
When someone qualifies, they receive the certificate, licence, diploma, or degree that they need to be able to work in a particular profession.
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