graduate

1.graduate在英国指取得学位的大学毕业生，在美国指任何学校的毕业生。graduation也有这区别。

2.graduate在英国指“在大学毕业，取得学位”，是不及物动词。例如：I graduated last year。在美国指“使…在（任何）学校毕业”，用作及物动词。例如：I was graduated last year。

在指学校的词的前面，在英国用at比用from普通，在美国用from比用at普通，如在英国通常说I graduated at the university last year。在美国通常说I was graduated from the university last year。

3.说“某科毕业生”或“在某科毕业”在指某科的词的前面用in，如He is a graduate in law和He has (been) graduated in law。graduate student后面也接in。例如：He is a graduate student in law.

4.graduate（动词）或be graduated后面可以接表示学位的词。例如：He (was) graduated M. A. （文科硕士）in 1934.

5.graduate是一时的动作，所以不可说He has graduated for two years，该改作He graduated two years ago或It is two years since he graduated。

6.下面两句是美国用法，不算正当。该在college和Harvard前面加上at或from：

• Thomas (was) graduated college last year.
• Thomas (was) graduated Harvard University last year.