March 16, 2012　=========

☆ qualify　基準を満たす

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If you meet all the criteria for something, then you can say that you
qualify or have qualified. For example:
He qualified as a doctor from Tokyo University five years ago.
She qualified for maternity leave because she had been working at the
company for more than five years.

There are some other meanings of “qualify” – do you know any? Here
are two common ones:

If you qualify in a competition, it means you can go on to the next stage
of the competition.

If you qualify a statement, it means that you make the statement less
strong by adding additional information.

Bye,
Chris
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あることが、全ての基準を満たせば、それは「qualify(基準を満たす)」と言えます。
例えば：

He qualified as a doctor from Tokyo University five years ago.
(彼は5年前に東京大学で医者の資格を満たした。)

She qualified for maternity leave because she had been working at the company for more than five years.
(彼女は、5年以上勤続しているので、産休を取る基準を満たしている。)

「Qualify」には他の意味もあります。
ご存知ですか？
一般的な使い方を2つ述べます。

If you qualify a competition, it means you can go on to the next stage of the competition.
(コンペの予選を通過したら、次の段階に進むことが出来る)

If you qualify a statement, it means that you make the statement less strong by adding additional information.
(名声を修正するということは、追加情報を加えることによってニュアンスを柔らかくするということだ。)

それでは！
クリス