/ˈgrædʒʊət/1
- a person who has successfully completed a course of study or training, especially a person who has been awarded an undergraduate or first academic degree（完成了一定阶段学习或培训, 尤指获得大学或第一个学位的）毕业生。
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- N. Amer. a person who has received a high-school diploma〈北美〉高中毕业生：
she is 19, a graduate of Lincoln High.
她19岁, 林肯高中毕业。
/ˈgrædjʊəɪt/
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- no obj. successfully complete an academic degree, course of training, or (N. Amer.) high school获得学位; 完成培训; 〈北美〉从高中毕业：
he graduated from Glasgow University in 1990.
他1990年从格拉斯哥大学毕业。
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- with obj. N. Amer. confer a degree or other academic qualification on〈北美〉授予…学位（或其他学术资格）：
the school graduated more than one hundred arts majors in its first year.
该校在第一年授予了100多个艺术专业学生学位。
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graduate to
move up to (a more advanced level or position)升级：he started with motorbikes but now he's graduated to his first car.
他开始有辆摩托车, 现在已经鸟枪换炮有了第一辆汽车。
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- with obj. arrange in a series or according to a scale按序列或规模安排：
as adj. graduated a graduated tax.累进税。
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- mark out (an instrument or container) in degrees or other proportionate divisions（在仪器或容器上）刻度, 做标记：
the stem was graduated with marks for each hour.
每个小时都在那根竿子上做了标记。
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- with obj. change (something, typically colour or shade) gradually or step by step逐渐（或逐步）改变（某物, 尤指颜色或色调）：
the colour is graduated from the middle of the frame to the top.
颜色从画面的中间向顶部渐渐转变。
词源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin graduat 'graduated', from graduare 'take a degree', from Latin gradus 'degree, step'.