vt.

1. 使具有資格，使合格[（+as/for）][O2]
   I am a qualified doctor, who will not hurt you.

   我是一個合格的醫生，不會傷害你的。

   Two years of experience qualified him for a promotion.

   兩年的資歷使他有資格獲得升遷。

2. 限制，限定
   Qualify your statement that "dogs are loyal" by adding "usually".

   將你說的"狗是忠誠的"這句話修正一下，加上"通常"二字。

3. 【文】修飾，限定
   In "blue pencils", the adjective "blue" qualifies the noun "pencils".

   在"藍鉛筆"中形容詞"藍"修飾名詞"鉛筆"。

4. 把……稱作，形容，描述[（+as）]
   I qualify it as a plot.

   我說它是一個陰謀。

5. 證明……合格
   Can you qualify yourself for the job?

   你能證明你自己有能力擔任這一工作嗎？

6. 授權予，准予
7. 緩和，減輕

vi.

1. 取得資格；具備合格條件[（+as/for）]
   He qualified in London as a teacher of English overseas.

   他在倫敦取得海外英語教師的資格。

v.

1. (often qualify for) be entitled to a benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition.
   ▸fulfil the necessary conditions to be eligible for a competition.
   ▸be or make properly entitled to be classed in a particular way.
2. become officially recognized as a practitioner of a profession or activity, typically by undertaking a course and passing examinations.
   ▸make competent or knowledgeable enough to do something.
3. make (a statement or assertion) less absolute.
   ▸archaic make less severe or extreme.
4. Grammar  (of a word or phrase) attribute a quality to (another word, especially a preceding noun).