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doctorate

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doc·tor·ate /ˈdɒktərət $ ˈdɑːk-/ noun [countable]  SECa university degree of the highest level 博士学位doctorate in She received her doctorate in history in 1998. 她于1998年获得历史学博士学位。
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doctorateShe then earned a doctorate in political sociology at City University of New York.The board approved doctorate degrees in communications and experimental psychology at North Dakota State University.For many years now, more than half the engineering doctorates awarded in the United States have gone to foreign nationals.They have doctorates in education, and pace the halls in jogging suits.It was high time she got down to serious thought about her doctorate.In 1918 Piaget also completed his doctorate in biology, and he turned to psychology.Elizabeth visited Ivy not long after the University of Leeds had given her an honorary doctorate, in May 1960.And I think I should definitely be awarded my doctorate as soon as possible.
From Longman Business Dictionarydoctoratedoc‧tor‧ate /ˈdɒktərətˈdɑːk-/ noun [countable] the highest university degreeGoodwinearned her doctorate in political science from Harvard in 1978.an honorary doctorate from Oxford University
doc·tor·ate nounChineseSyllable
the highest degree Corpus Business of a university level


doctorate
doctorate /ˈdɒktərət, ˈdɒktərɪt $ ˈdɑːk-/ noun [countable]
a university degree of the highest level
    doctorate in
    She received her doctorate in history in 1998.


doc·tor·ateBrE /ˈdɒktərət/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɑːktərət/ 🔊 nounthe highest university degree 博士学位She's studying for her doctorate. 她正在攻读博士学位。🔊🔊