单词 | to go to university |
释义 | > as lemmasto go to (the, a) university P2. to go to (the, a) university: to attend or begin a course of higher education at a university. ΚΠ 1561 H. Bennet tr. P. Melanchthon Hyst. Lyfe & Actes M. Luther in Famous & Godly Hist. Three Reformers sig. B.iiiv Hauyng then tasted the sweetenes of learning, as he was prone ther vnto: he went to an Vniuersitye [L. appetit Academiam]. 1608 R. Kilby Burthen of Loaden Conscience 82 I went to the Vniuersitie verie rawe: for I had fewe groundes of grammar, and none of grace. 1650 T. Grantham Oct. 22 1649 9 Their Schollers before they go to University come to me a Moneth or two to be oyled over. 1708 J. Byrom Let. Feb. in Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1854) I. 2 I think it not prudence to go to University too soon. 1775 S. Palmer Calamy's Nonconformist's Memorial I. 396 He was bred to trade, but afterwards went to the university. 1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain i. i. 2 Boys..go to the University, and suddenly plunge into excesses. 1878 Densonian Nov. 68/2 Suppose a man intends to go to University—he is just beginning his studies when [etc.]. 1959 Listener 22 Jan. 153/2 Is the son of a miner working-class, suppose he has gone to university. 1963 H. Garner in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories (1968) 2nd Ser. 49 He had graduated from technical high, and was going to university in the fall. 2013 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 July (Weekend section) 13 Each year, around 160,000 British 18 year-olds take a year out before going to university or getting a job. < as lemmas |
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