英语词汇“to keep acts”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. An argument publicly maintained in defence of a thesis by a degree candidate as part of an examination, or by a student in order to demonstrate proficiency in a subject. Frequently in to keep acts: to defend a thesis in this way. Cf. opponency n. 2. Now chiefly historical.The term is still officially used at Cambridge University as the name of the examination taken by candidates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine. During the Act candidates are assessed by means of a viva and may also be required to perform a clinical examination; candidates who have passed are said to have kept the Act.

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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations > dissertation or disputation

act1549

exercise1563

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vesper disputations1715

vespery1886

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Miv^v At their Actes and Comencements ye dooe see theim swadled in with so many cappes, coyues, and furde hoodes as they weare.

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes 279 Acts are but idle wordes, and..Pumps and Pantofles...therefore do no Acts..onelie..to Oxford they trudge,..and there are confirmed in the same degree they took at Cambridge.

1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie ii. vii. 118 They desire they may have leave (as Probationers) to exercise, or keepe Acts, before the Church; 'till the Church shall approve of them.

1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 42 At the time..were divers created Doctors without attendance to keep Acts.

1766 R. Farmer Let. 12 Feb. in Percy Lett. (1946) II. 104 The exercise required is 2 Acts and 1 Opponency..and then I will clear you of the College and University for 30 Guineas.

1785 W. Coxe Trav. into Poland, Russia, Sweden, & Denmark (ed. 2) II. vii. vi. 379 The students..ought also, according to the statutes of the university, to put on the same dress when they keep their acts.

1827 Q. Rev. June 231 At Cambridge [medical] students must still keep acts, and produce certificates of having attended the professor's class.

1877 Cambr. Univ. Cal. 51 The Degree of Bachelor in Divinity, for which the requisite Exercises are, one Act, and an English Sermon. The Act is required to be kept in the following manner:..The Candidate shall read a thesis composed in Latin by himself on some subject approved by the Professor; the Professor or graduate presiding, shall bring forward arguments or objections in English for the Candidate to answer [etc.].

1935 D. A. Winstanley Unreformed Cambr. ii. 58 No examination was imposed and the only exercise required was a single act.

1951 V. de S. Pinto Eng. Biogr. in 17th Cent. 222 The ‘Common’ or ‘Public Act’..was the occasion on which the candidates for their degrees ‘kept acts’ or publicly defended their theses.

2007 Statutes & Ordinances Univ. Cambr. 461 The persons conducting the Act shall examine the candidate viva voce on questions connected with the work submitted as well as other medical subjects.

单词	to keep acts
释义	> as lemmas to keep acts a. An argument publicly maintained in defence of a thesis by a degree candidate as part of an examination, or by a student in order to demonstrate proficiency in a subject. Frequently in to keep acts: to defend a thesis in this way. Cf. opponency n. 2. Now chiefly historical.The term is still officially used at Cambridge University as the name of the examination taken by candidates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine. During the Act candidates are assessed by means of a viva and may also be required to perform a clinical examination; candidates who have passed are said to have kept the Act. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations > dissertation or disputation act1549 exercise1563 apposition1660 vesper disputations1715 vespery1886 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Miv^v At their Actes and Comencements ye dooe see theim swadled in with so many cappes, coyues, and furde hoodes as they weare. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes 279 Acts are but idle wordes, and..Pumps and Pantofles...therefore do no Acts..onelie..to Oxford they trudge,..and there are confirmed in the same degree they took at Cambridge. 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie ii. vii. 118 They desire they may have leave (as Probationers) to exercise, or keepe Acts, before the Church; 'till the Church shall approve of them. 1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 42 At the time..were divers created Doctors without attendance to keep Acts. 1766 R. Farmer Let. 12 Feb. in Percy Lett. (1946) II. 104 The exercise required is 2 Acts and 1 Opponency..and then I will clear you of the College and University for 30 Guineas. 1785 W. Coxe Trav. into Poland, Russia, Sweden, & Denmark (ed. 2) II. vii. vi. 379 The students..ought also, according to the statutes of the university, to put on the same dress when they keep their acts. 1827 Q. Rev. June 231 At Cambridge [medical] students must still keep acts, and produce certificates of having attended the professor's class. 1877 Cambr. Univ. Cal. 51 The Degree of Bachelor in Divinity, for which the requisite Exercises are, one Act, and an English Sermon. The Act is required to be kept in the following manner:..The Candidate shall read a thesis composed in Latin by himself on some subject approved by the Professor; the Professor or graduate presiding, shall bring forward arguments or objections in English for the Candidate to answer [etc.]. 1935 D. A. Winstanley Unreformed Cambr. ii. 58 No examination was imposed and the only exercise required was a single act. 1951 V. de S. Pinto Eng. Biogr. in 17th Cent. 222 The ‘Common’ or ‘Public Act’..was the occasion on which the candidates for their degrees ‘kept acts’ or publicly defended their theses. 2007 Statutes & Ordinances Univ. Cambr. 461 The persons conducting the Act shall examine the candidate viva voce on questions connected with the work submitted as well as other medical subjects. extracted from actn. < as lemmas
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