| 单词 | honorary degree |
| 释义 | > as lemmashonorary degree honorary degree n. an academic degree awarded as a recognition of achievement or distinction, without the recipient having to complete the usual course of studies or examinations. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > a degree > types of first degree1530 honorary degreea1661 poll degree1834 poll1843 honours degree1851 summa cum laude1856 pass degree1865 terminal degree1904 Hons. degree1913 cum laude1927 summa1968 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) 204 The University of Oxford bestowed on him the Honourary degree of Doctor in Physick. 1750 M. Jones Misc. in Prose & Verse 162 She may have confer'd upon her an Honorary Degree, and the Title of Mistress of Arts. 1833 Boston Courier 14 Oct. At the late commencement at Columbia College, New-York, the honorary degrees of D.D. were conferred upon [etc.]. 1910 O. W. Holmes Let. 19 Dec. (1964) 58 I got an encouragement out of the blue..in the form of an honorary degree from Berlin. 2002 A. Varvogli A. Proulx's ‘Shipping News’: Reader's Guide i. 7 By 2000 she had gained not one but three honorary degrees, from the Universities of Maine, Toronto and Montreal. < as lemmas |
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