Eric told me that they postponed having children until he gets his doctoral degree.
埃里克告诉我,直到他拿到博士学位后他们才会要孩子。
But the regular time it takes to get a doctoral degree in the humanities is nine years.
但获得人文学科的博士学位通常需要9年时间。
Professionalism has turned the acquisition of a doctoral degree into a prerequisite for a successful academic career: as late as 1969 a third of American professors did not possess one.
专业主义已经把获得博士学位变成了学术生涯成功的先决条件:直到1969年,三分之一的美国教授没有博士学位。
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