名詞 graduate:

1. a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
   同義詞：alumnus, alumna, alum, grad
2. a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts

動詞 graduate:

1. receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
2. confer an academic degree upon
3. make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
   同義詞：calibrate, fine-tune

形容詞 graduate:

1. of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
   同義詞：postgraduate

1. Most foreign students here are graduate students.
   這里多數(shù)的外國學生是研究生。
2. I am an arts graduate.
   我是一個文科畢業(yè)生。
3. He is a graduate in medicine.
   他是醫(yī)科畢業(yè)生。
4. He graduated as an M.D. at Edinburgh.
   他畢業(yè)于愛丁堡大學，獲得醫(yī)學博士學位。

grad.u.ate

v.（動詞）
grad.u.at.ed,grad.u.at.ing,grad.u.ates
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To be granted an academic degree or diploma:
畢業(yè)，獲得畢業(yè)證書：被授予學位或畢業(yè)證書：
例句：
Two thirds of the entering freshmen stayed to graduate.
三分之二的入學新生堅持到畢業(yè)

To change gradually or by degrees.
逐漸變?yōu)椋褐饾u地或一步步地變化
To advance to a new level of skill, achievement, or activity:
進步：發(fā)展到技術(shù)，成就或活動的新高度：
例句：
After a summer of diving instruction, they had all graduated to back flips.
經(jīng)過一個夏天的跳水指導，他們都掌握了后空翻

v.tr.（及物動詞）

To grant an academic degree or diploma to:
授予學位或畢業(yè)證書：
例句：
The teachers hope to graduate her this spring.
教師們希望今年春天讓她畢業(yè)

Usage Problem To receive an academic degree from.
【用法疑難】 從…接受學位
To arrange or divide into categories, steps, or grades.
分成等級：排列或分成類別，步驟或等級
To divide into marked intervals, especially for use in measurement.
標以刻度：分成帶標記的間隔，尤指為了用于測量
n.（名詞）

One who has received an academic degree or diploma.
畢業(yè)生：得到學位或畢業(yè)證書的人
A graduated container, such as a cylinder or beaker.
量筒，量杯：標以刻度的容器，如圓筒或燒杯
adj.（形容詞）

Possessing an academic degree or diploma.
畢業(yè)了的：持有學位或畢業(yè)證書的
Of, intended for, or relating to studies beyond a bachelor`s degree:
研究生的：屬于，從事或有關(guān)學士學位以上的研究的：
例句：
graduate courses.
研究生課程

來源：
Middle English graduaten [to confer a degree]
中古英語 graduaten [授予一個學位]
from Medieval Latin gradu3ro gradu3t- [to take a degree]
源自 中世紀拉丁語 gradu3ro gradu3t- [拿到一個學位]
from Latin gradus [step] * see grade
源自 拉丁語 gradus [步驟] *參見 grade

【引伸】
grad.ua.tor
n.（名詞）
The verbgraduate has denoted the action of conferring an academic degree or diploma since at least 42, as inShe was graduated from Yale in 980. This earlier pattern of use is still defensible,if slightly old-fashioned,and is acceptable to 78 percent of the Usage Panel.In general usage,however, it has largely yielded to the much more recent active pattern (first attested in 807):
動詞graduate 最晚從42年起便指授予學位或畢業(yè)證書的行為， 如980年她畢業(yè)于耶魯大學。 最早的使用方式仍然受到辯護，即使有些過時，仍為語言用法專題使用小組百分之七十八的成員所接受。在一般的用法中，該詞畢竟已經(jīng)變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)在更活躍的方式（已證明最早在807年）：
例句：
She graduated from Yale in 980.
她980年畢業(yè)于耶魯大學。

This pattern, which no longer bears any taint of incorrectness,is acceptable to 89 percent of the Panel.It has the advantage of ascribing the accomplishment to the student, rather than to the institution,as is usually appropriate in discussions of individual cases.When the institution`s responsibility is emphasized,however, the older pattern may still be recommended.A sentence such asThe university graduated more computer science majors in 987 than in the entire previous decade stresses the university`s accomplishment, say, of its computer science program. On the other hand, the sentenceMore computer science majors graduated in 987 than in the entire previous decade implies that the class of 987 was in some way a remarkable group. · The transitive use ofgraduate, as inShe graduated Yale in 980, was unacceptable to 77 percent of the Usage Panel.
這種方式不再有不正確的問題，并為小組百分之八十九的成員所接受，其優(yōu)點是將成就歸功于學生而不是學院，通常在討論單個事例時是合適的。當學院的責任被強調(diào)時，舊方式則可能得到推崇。句子：The university graduated more computer science majors in 987 than in the entire previous decade。 強調(diào)了該大學計算機科學項目上的成就。 另一方面，句子：More computer science majors graduated in 987 than in the entire previous decade。 指987級從某種意義上來說是個出色的群體。 至于graduate 的及物用法， 如在她于980年畢業(yè)于耶魯大學 用法使用專題小組百分之七十七的成員表示不接受