graduate
单词辨析：
源自拉丁语，本义为“学童，小学生”，现尤指中学或大学的男毕业生。在美国英语中，alumni ( alumnus 的复数) 指男／女毕业生，alumna (复数为 alumnae ) 指女毕业生。
My father is an alumnus of UF.
我父亲毕业于佛罗里达大学。
My mother is a Cambridge alumna.
我母亲是剑桥校友。
My parents are alumni of the same school.
我的父母毕业于同一所学校。
尤指完成学士学位课程的大学毕业生，也可泛指大学、中学等的毕业生。
She is a graduate in American Literature.
她是美国文学专业的毕业生。
My niece is a high-school graduate.
我侄女是个高中毕业生。
相关例句：
Now he needs only two credit hours to graduate.
现在他只需再修两个学分就可以毕业了。
About 40% of all students entering as freshmen graduate within 4 years
所有入学新生中约有40%在4年内毕业。
From commercials she quickly graduated to television shows.
她很快就从拍商业广告上升到拍电视节目。
The top one-third of all high school graduates are entitled to an education at the California State University.
高中毕业生当中排名前1/3的学生可以进入加利福尼亚州立大学深造。
The teacher is taking a graduate course in mathematics.
这位老师正在修一门研究生的数学课程。
She was in graduate school, studying for a master's degree in social work.
她在研究生院攻读社会福利工作学硕士学位。