vt.

1. 【美】准予……毕业；授予……学位
   Mary was graduated from Oxford.

   玛丽毕业于牛津大学。

2. 把……分等级；将……累进化
3. 给……标上刻度
   This ruler is graduated in centimeters.

   这把尺的刻度是厘米。

vi.

1. 【英】大学毕业；【美】毕业[（+from）]
   She graduated from Harvard.

   她毕业于哈佛大学。

2. 取得资格[（+as）]
3. 逐渐变化，发展[Q]
   He graduated from petty theft to bank robbery.

   他从小偷小摸发展到抢劫银行。

n.

1. 学位获得者（尤指学士学位）
   She is a psychology graduate of University of Pennsylvania.

   她是宾夕法尼亚州大学心理系毕业生。

2. 【美】毕业生

a.

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

   上学期王教授开了两门研究生课程。

   She is a graduate student in literature.

   她是个念文学的研究生。

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.