单词 | examination candidate |
释义 | > as lemmasexamination candidate (a) In sense 4, as examination candidate, examination hall, etc.In less formal contexts, equivalent compounds with exam are now more common; see exam n. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1827 Times 3 Dec. 2/5 The annual visitation of the University was held in the Examination-hall. 1829 W. M. Thackeray Let. 12 Mar. (1945) I. 39 This is my private tutor's examination day. 1858 Sat. Rev. 14 Aug. 150 Cramming, crammers, and cram-books, are the..fruits of this examination system. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Sept. 11/1 The ‘examination fever,’ as it has been called, that leaves such unpleasant sequelæ behind it..is now endemic in the metropolis. 1886 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 55 Full information..will be found..in the Examination Statutes. 1928 I. Curtis in Schools of Eng. xvii. 334 All the examination work which falls to the Education Board,..is carried out by the pool as part of the regular work. 1954 R. G. Macfarlane in H. W. Florey Lect. Gen. Pathol. xi. 214 Mental stress such as occurs in examination candidates. 2002 Independent 12 June 1/4 The tutorial centre is not an official examination centre. < as lemmas |
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