graduate1/ˋgrædʒUIt; ˈɡrædʒuət or ˈɡrædʒuIt/n [C]1 someone who has completed a university degree [→ undergraduate, postgraduate] 大学毕业生: +of a graduate of Leeds University 利兹大学的一名毕业生a history graduate 一个历史学毕业生2 AmE someone who has completed a course at a college, school etc【美】〔大学或中学等的〕毕业生: high-school graduates 高中毕业生
graduate2/ˋgrædʒU͵et; ˈɡrædʒueIt/v [I]1 to obtain a degree from a college or university〔从大学〕毕业: +from He graduated from Harvard last year. 他去年从哈佛毕业。2 AmE to complete your education at HIGH SCHOOL 【美】〔从高中〕毕业: +from when I graduate from high school 我高中毕业时3 graduate (from sth) to sth to start doing something better, more important, or more difficult(从某事)进而做某事: She wants to graduate to serious drama. 她想晋级演严肃剧。
graduate3/ˋgrædʒUIt; ˈɡrædʒuət or ˈɡrædʒuIt/adj [only before noun 仅用于名词前] especially AmE relating to or involved in studies done at a university after a first degree [ postgraduate BrE 【英】] 【尤美】研究生的: a graduate student 研究生