| 单词 |
post-doctoral |
| 释义 |
post-ˈdoctoral, a.
[post- B. 1 b.]
Of, pertaining to, or for the purpose of advanced research by persons already holding a doctor's degree. Also as n., one who is undertaking or has undertaken a period of study or research subsequent to obtaining his or her doctor's degree.
1939Webster Add., Postdoctoral adj. 1956Nature 10 Mar. 456/1 As in Britain, there is considerable competition for the junior academic posts and post-doctoral fellowships. 1958Times 8 May 2/3 (Advt.), Applications are invited for post-doctoral grants for research under the general direction of Professor R. N. Hazeldine. 1961Times 26 Sept. 1/4 Postgraduate or post-doctoral work. 1966Rep. Comm. Inquiry Univ. Oxf. I. 127 They [sc. junior research fellowships] are awarded to encourage individuals at the D.Phil. or immediate post-doctoral stage. 1971Nature 10 Sept. 87/2 Physicists are the worst hit single group of scientists, with 2·9 per cent of the PhDs and 3·3 per cent of the postdoctorals out of a job. 1977Time 14 Mar. 40/2 During his two-year stint as a post-doctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry near Munich, R. G., 27, impressed his boss as ‘probably the most diligent man I've ever known’. |
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