| 单词 | to work one's way through college |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work one's way through college (also university, school, etc.) c. Chiefly U.S. to work one's way through college (also university, school, etc.): to pay for one's college or university education (and its associated living costs) by taking paid employment while studying. ΚΠ 1870 Zion's Herald 4 Aug. 372/1 The donor, Orange Judd, esq., graduated in 1847, working his way through college, self-made, like so many successful men. 1896 San Francisco Chron. 13 Aug. 14/1 Young Saul Epstein of San Francisco has entered the University this year and decided to work his way through college as a barber. 1939 Afro-American 4 Nov. 15/8 A 1939 graduate of Howard University, who worked his way through school as a porter. 1948 Sunday News of India 1 Feb. 10/4 One of nine children of Creole parents, she was borne in Minneapolis, and worked her way through University by acting as a model at art classes. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 18 May va24/2 They came to the door and said they were working their way through med school by painting house numbers on curbs. 2005 C. Northrup Mother-Daughter Wisdom (2006) xix. 582 Some girls work their way through college while others don't have to. < as lemmas |
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