qualify

資格を得る、条件を満たす

何かを受け取る、競技に出る、仕事をするための条件を満たすこと。

やさしい英語で： To meet the conditions needed to receive something, enter a competition, or do a particular job.

• Do I qualify for a discount?
• Our team qualified for the final.
• He hopes to qualify as an electrician.

使い方： qualify for something (You may qualify for a free ticket.); qualify as something (She qualified as a nurse last year.); qualify to do something (Only the top teams qualify to compete in the final.)

類義語： be eligible, be entitled

よく使う表現： qualify for something, qualify as something, qualify to compete

資格を与える、適任にする

何かを行う、または受け取るために必要な能力や資格を与えること。

やさしい英語で： To give someone the skills or conditions they need to do something or receive something.

• Your income qualifies you for help.
• The course qualified her to repair engines.
• Does this degree qualify me for the job?

使い方： qualify someone for something (Your experience qualifies you for this job.); qualify someone to do something (This certificate qualifies you to teach swimming.)

類義語： make eligible, equip

反対語： disqualify

よく使う表現： qualify someone, qualify someone for something

と見なされる、に該当する

あるものと見なされるために必要な特徴を備えていること。

やさしい英語で： To have the features needed to be considered a particular thing.

• Does this qualify as art?
• That meal certainly qualifies as a feast.
• His behaviour qualified as a serious breach of trust.

使い方： qualify as something (This small room hardly qualifies as a bedroom.)

類義語： count as, rank as

よく使う表現： qualify as something, qualify as art

限定する、条件を付ける

発言に詳しい説明や条件を加え、意味を狭めたり断定を弱めたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To add details or conditions to a statement so that it is less general or certain.

• I should qualify that statement.
• He qualified his praise by mentioning several weaknesses.
• The researcher qualified her claim with a warning about the small sample.

使い方： qualify something with something (She qualified her agreement with several conditions.)

類義語： limit, modify, restrict

よく使う表現： qualify a statement, qualify a claim, qualify something with something

修飾する

別の語や句の意味を詳しくしたり、範囲を狭めたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To add to or limit the meaning of another word or phrase.

• Adjectives can qualify nouns.
• Here, 'small' qualifies 'house'.
• Which word does this adverb qualify?

類義語： modify

よく使う表現： qualify a noun, qualify a verb

各道具を二回ずつキャッチする

ジャグリングで各道具を少なくとも二回ずつ投げて受け止めること。

やさしい英語で： To throw and catch each object at least twice while juggling.

• She can qualify five balls.
• He qualified seven rings after months of practice.
• To qualify six clubs, you need twelve catches.

よく使う表現： qualify seven balls, qualify five clubs