doctoral

doctoral — 形容詞

1. describes things that are part of the most advanced university degree, which som

1.形容詞B2
釋義

博士的

與博士學位相關的

describes things that are part of the most advanced university degree, which someone earns by completing original research and writing a long paper.

例句

Aiko is in the third year of her doctoral program in chemistry.

Aiko 正在攻讀化學博士課程,目前是第三年。

collocation: doctoral program

The university library keeps a copy of every completed doctoral thesis.

大學圖書館收藏了每一篇已完成的博士論文。

collocation: doctoral thesis

同義詞
  • PhD-level

    more informal, used mainly in job descriptions or informal summaries

  • postgraduate

    broader — covers both master's and doctoral levels

  • doctorate

    used as a noun, not as an adjective (e.g., 'doctorate degree' rather than 'doctorate program')

反義詞
  • undergraduate

    refers to the first university degree (bachelor's) rather than the highest

文法句型

doctoral + noun

用法筆記

Doctoral is almost always used before a noun (attributive position). The noun it modifies is usually academic: program, thesis, research, student, candidate, degree, or studies.

常見錯誤

She finished her doctoral last year.
She finished her doctorate / doctoral degree last year.
💡Doctoral is an adjective, not a noun; the noun form is doctorate.