• vt. 授予…学位；分等级；标上刻度
• vi. 毕业；渐变
• n. 研究生；毕业生
• adj. 毕业的；研究生的

来自grade, 级别，层级。引申义达到一定级别的，毕业。

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银行做大学毕业实习生。

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

孩子们先上幼儿园，然后上学前班，再接着上小学。

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

毕业税具体操作起来不啻一场行政噩梦。

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

研究生学历是从事教学工作的最低要求。

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

芝加哥有6所颇负盛名的研究生院和专业院校。

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