| 释义 |
polyversity, n.|pɒlɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ|
[A blend of polytechnic n. and university n.]
An educational institution which combines features of a university and a polytechnic.
1970Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 2 An amalgamation of universities, polytechnics and colleges of education into vast new ‘polyversities’ was proposed last night by Jack Straw, president of the National Union of Students. 1970Guardian 26 Jan. 10/3 Locally, institutions should be merged to form new, comprehensive centres of higher education—‘polyversities’. 1984Economist 21 Jan. 26/3 A polyversity would have to be financed from both the government-funded university grants committee (UGC) and the politically versatile Ilea. 1986Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 13 June 4/1 Namibia's only ‘polyversity’, which is just five years old, is finally beginning to look and feel like the thing that it is supposed to represent. 1988Times 15 June 12/1 Some polytechnics want to change their names if not to universities, at least to ‘polyversities’. |