vt.

1. 【美】准予……畢業；授與……學位
   Mary was graduated from Oxford.

   瑪麗畢業於牛津大學。

2. 把……分等級；將……累進化
3. 給……標上刻度
   This ruler is graduated in centimeters.

   這把尺的刻度是厘米。

vi.

1. 【英】大學畢業；【美】畢業[（+from）]
   She graduated from Harvard.

   她畢業於哈佛大學。

2. 取得資格[（+as）]
3. 逐漸變化，發展[Q]
   He graduated from petty theft to bank robbery.

   他從小偷小摸發展到搶劫銀行。

n.

1. 大學畢業生
   She is a psychology graduate of University of Pennsylvania.

   她是賓州大學心理系畢業生。

2. 【美】畢業生

a.

1. 畢業了的
2. 【美】研究生的
   Professor Wang offered two graduate courses last semester.

   上學期王教授開了兩門研究生課程。

   She is a graduate student in literature.

   她是個念文學的研究生。

n.

v.

1. successfully complete a degree, course, or (N. Amer.) high school.
   ▸N. Amer. confer a degree or other academic qualification on.
2. (graduate to) move up to (something more advanced).
3. arrange or mark out in gradations.
4. change gradually.