doctorate

Definitions

doctor (in its original 'learned scholar' sense) + -ate (status, office) = the rank or degree of a doctor. A doctorate is the qualification that makes you a 'doctor' in the academic sense — proof you are learned enough to teach at the highest level.

Common Collocations

• 1.earn a doctorate获得博士学位
• 2.complete a doctorate完成博士学位
• 3.honorary doctorate荣誉博士学位
• 4.pursue a doctorate攻读博士学位

Example Sentences

• 1.

  She completed her doctorate in linguistics at the age of twenty-eight.

• 2.

  Earning a doctorate usually takes four to six years of research.

• 3.

  He was awarded an honorary doctorate for his contributions to medicine.