take comprehensives
Graduate students often take comprehensives at the end of their first year.
研究生通常在第一学年末参加综合考试。
综合考试
针对学生专业领域知识的综合考试
an intensive examination that tests a student's proficiency in a particular field of knowledge
针对学生专业领域知识的综合考试
an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
She spent the whole weekend studying for her comprehensive in molecular biology.
她整个周末都在为分子生物学的综合考试而学习。
用法提示：此处 comprehensive 是名词，指针对专业领域的综合考试。
After passing his comprehensives, he finally felt ready to start his dissertation.
通过综合考试后，他终于觉得可以开始写论文了。
用法提示：comprehensives 是 comprehensive 的复数形式，指多门科目的综合考试。
The history department requires every graduate student to take a comprehensive at the end of the first year.
历史系要求每位研究生在第一年末参加一次综合考试。
用法提示：comprehensive 作名词，表示该专业领域的综合考试。
Graduate students often take comprehensives at the end of their first year.
研究生通常在第一学年末参加综合考试。
He passed his comprehensive in history.
他通过了历史综合考试。
这里的 comprehensive 是名词，指专业领域知识考试；形容词 comprehensive 意为“全面的”，注意区分。
The comprehensive in chemistry covers the whole curriculum.
化学综合考试涵盖整个课程。
比comprehensive更口语化，不特指综合性专业能力考核；可替换程度有限。
语域比comprehensive更通用，不隐含跨领域综合测评；在特指综合性考试时需加限定词。
grammar · medium
易错句子I have comprehensive next week.
正确表达I have a comprehensive next week.
comprehensive 作名词表示‘综合考试’时是可数名词，单数形式前需要加冠词 a/an 或限定词；加上 a 后句子才符合英语语法。
grammar · medium
易错句子She passed two comprehensive last term.
正确表达She passed two comprehensives last term.
comprehensive 是可数名词，复数形式是 comprehensives；two 表示复数，后面要用复数名词，不能用单数原形。
comprehensive（综合考试）指系统考查整个专业领域知识的考试；comprehension（理解力/阅读理解）指理解内容或此类测试题型，二者同根但词性和含义不同。
cumulative（累积的）修饰考试时指覆盖某一阶段全部学习内容的考试，强调内容不断累加；comprehensive（综合考试）强调对某一学科领域的全面系统考核，二者着眼点不同。
prelim（预考）是进入正式阶段前的初步资格考试，强调“预先筛选”；comprehensive（综合考试）是对整个专业领域知识的全面考核，强调“覆盖全面”。
通过综合考试
She passed her comprehensives and was awarded a master's degree.
她通过了综合考试，获得了硕士学位。
参加综合考试
Graduate students usually take their comprehensives in the third year.
研究生通常第三年参加综合考试。
综合考试不及格
He was devastated when he failed his comprehensives.
综合考试不及格让他非常沮丧。
为综合考试做准备
She spent the summer preparing for her comprehensives.
她整个夏天都在为综合考试做准备。
重考综合考试
Students who fail may retake their comprehensives the following term.
不及格的学生可以在下个学期重考综合考试。
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com- (共同) + prehens (抓住；理解) + -ive (形容词后缀；此处作名词，是 comprehensive examination 的简称)
com- (共同) + prehend (抓住；理解)
com- (共同) + prehens (抓住；理解) + -ion (名词后缀)
通过综合考试后通常进入博士候选阶段。
综合考试是博士阶段的前置考核，之后进入论文写作。
论文答辩是综合考试之后的重要环节。
综合考试通常由教授组成的委员会出题和评估。
开题报告常与综合考试同属博士资格考核环节。
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