单词 | senioritis |
释义 | senioritisn. U.S. humorous. A supposed affliction of students in their final year of high school or university, esp. characterized by a decline in motivation or performance. ΚΠ 1907 Chicago Alumni Mag. Aug. 178/2 During the last quarter, at least, we have been suffering from an acute attack of Senioritis, a peculiar college disease to which only seniors are susceptible. 1954 Tipton (Indiana) Daily Tribune 26 Feb. 4/8 A few of the seniors are becoming afflicted with mild cases of ‘senioritis’ and, of course, they are a bit lazy and don't want to take tests at all. 1989 M. Moffatt Coming of Age in New Jersey ii. 54 They might typically consider themselves to be ‘burned out’, victims of mild or severe cases of ‘senioritis’, weary of college, apprehensive about what came next. 2001 N.Y. Times 13 June b9/1 Senioritis, or senior slump, has become so severe that soon we might have to drop the pretense and say high school lasts three and a half years, followed by a six-month break. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1907 |
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