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单词 university
释义
universityu‧ni‧ver‧si‧ty /ˌjuːnəˈvɜːsəti◂ $ -ɜːr-/ ●●● S2 W1 noun (plural universities) [countable, uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINuniversity
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French université, from Medieval Latin universitas, from Late Latin, ‘society, association’, from Latin, ‘the whole’, from universus; ➔ UNIVERSE
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Both my sisters are at university.
  • In 1986 32% of Saudi Arabian university professors were women.
  • She wants to go to university to study biology.
  • the University of Chicago
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Baker also plans schemes that help industry to exploit technologies developed by universities.
  • For instance, many colleges, universities and government agencies store on-line information using a system called gopher.
  • In the hospital and in the university, I watched the dying and the dead.
  • Most universities have some review committee that requires a statement from the researcher that adequate protection will be guaranteed for all respondents.
  • Of the 34 universities contacted only 17 were able to supply the appropriate information requested.
  • The allegations were confirmed in an internal university audit dated May 1996, according to a Wall Street Journal story last year.
  • The first one was written by a university senior applying for a graduate trainee position with a bank.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
a place where you can study a subject at a high level to get a degree: · Harvard University· About a third of the pupils go on to university.
in Britain, a place where you can study after you finish secondary school, especially to train for a job. In the US, a place where you can study and get a bachelor’s degree: · She’s at teacher training college.· the Royal College of Music· Where did you go to college?
(also junior college) American English a school that students can go to for two years in order to learn a skill or prepare for university: · Community colleges can provide job-specific training.
a college or university where you can study for a master’s degree or a doctorate, after receiving your first degree: · I taught for a few years, and then went back to graduate school.
Longman Language Activatorschool
a place where children go to learn and be taught, up to the age of 18: · My mother is a teacher at the local school.· The nearest school was 10 miles away.· I always liked school, but my sister hated it.· All the kids around here take the bus to school.at school (=attending school) especially British: · She must be about 16 - she's still at school.in school especially American: · Kyle is one of the most popular boys in school.out of school (=no longer at school): · I've only been out of school a couple of years, but I've forgotten all the math I learned.go to school (=attend school): · Jessica's still too young to go to school.drop out of school (=stop going to school before you finish): · Jake dropped out of school and started working at the bowling alley.state schoolBritish /public school American (=a school that is paid for by the government): · Teachers are complaining that the public schools do not receive adequate funding.private schoolalso independent school British (=a school that is paid for by parents): · Many parents want to send their children to private school because class sizes are smaller.public school British (=a school for rich people that their parents pay for): · He argued for the abolition of the public schools, which he says are elitist.school uniform: · The children were all wearing school uniforms.
schools for very young children
a school for children aged between about two and five where they play and do activities with other children: · Ian will soon be old enough to go to nursery school.
American a school for children aged between about two and five: · Eastin is calling for a plan to provide free preschool for all 4-year-olds.
American the first year of school for children aged 5: · Katie was one of the few children who could read when she started kindergarten.· Mrs. Marks was my kindergarten teacher.
schools for children between the ages of about 5 and 12
in Britain, a school for children aged between five and eleven: · My father entered primary school in 1958.· Primary school children know more today than we did at that age.
in the US, a school for children aged between five and twelve in some places, and five and ten in other places: · In grade school, Karen sang in the school chorus.· The senator met with a group of elementary school students learning about how government works.
schools for older children
in Britain, a school for children aged between 11 and 18; in the US, a name for middle school , junior high school , and high school considered together as a group: · Everyone in his family had at least completed secondary school.· As children enter secondary school, parents often do not have the necessary knowledge to help with homework.
a school for children aged between 9 and 13 in Britain and 10 and 14 in some parts of the US: · Kim attends Byrd Middle School in Sun Valley.· The arts and crafts fair is geared toward middle school students.
a school for children aged between 12 and 14 or 15, especially in some parts of the US: · I started taking French in junior high school.· Drug use among junior high school students has fallen.
in the US, a school for children aged between 15 or 16 and 18: · Brad was the captain of his high school football team.· The program requires high school students to take at least one college-level course.go to high school: · Where do you go to high school?graduate from high school (=successfully complete high school): · He's been working full time since graduating from high school last June.
in Britain, a school for children aged 11-16 or 11-18 that most students attend because it accepts people of all abilities and is paid for by the government
in Britain, a college for students aged between 16 and 18
a place where people over 18 can study
a place where students study one or two subjects at a high level, in order to get degrees: · the University of Chicago· In 1986 32% of Saudi Arabian university professors were women.go to university British: · She wants to go to university to study biology.be at university British: · Both my sisters are at university.
in the US a university; in Britain, a place where people can study academic subjects or practical skills after they leave secondary school, but which does not give degrees: · The grant money is for low-income college students.go to college: · My brother never went to college, but he still has a very good job.be at college British: be in college American: · Our youngest daughter is in college now.graduate from college: · We hadn't seen each other since we graduated from college.college graduate (=someone who has successfully completed college): · Many college graduates are unable to find work in their field.
American informal a university or similar institution: go to school (=study at a college or university): · Phil gave up his job, and he's going back to school next year.
a university or part of a university where you study law, medicine, or business: · My father always wanted me to go to law school.· Harvard Business School· He's applied to all the best medical schools in the country.
American use this about education that takes place after a student has finished high school: · Eighty-five percent of high school students in the program go on to post-secondary education.· post-secondary institutions
especially British /graduate American use this about advanced education that takes place after a student has finished a university degree, or about students who study at this level: · She got a degree in history last year, and now she's doing a postgraduate course.· postgraduate research· We met when we were both graduate students at Berkeley.
education at a university or similar institution: · The U.S. community college system is the largest system of higher education in the world.· More women than ever are going on to higher education.
classes for adults, often in the evenings, either because they want to improve their skills or for interest and enjoyment: · The government needs to do more to fund adult education for the unemployed.
one of the periods into which the year is divided at school, university etc
one of the three periods that the year is divided into at British school and most British universities; in the US, a name for any of the main periods into which a school year is divided: · As a graduate student, he spent a term at Wichita State University.· The main exams are at the end of the summer term.
one of the two or three periods that the year is divided into at American schools and most American universities: · He attended Bennington College for three semesters.fall/spring semester: · Fall semester starts the 28th of August.
the period of the year when there are school or university classes: · In Japan the school year starts in April and ends in February or March.· The end of the academic year with its final exams is very stressful for many students.
one of the four main periods that the year is divided into at some American schools and universities: fall/winter/spring/summer quarter: · She was back in Michigan in time to teach spring quarter.
what you get when you finish a course successfully
in Britain, a document that shows that someone has successfully completed a course of study or passed an examination; in the US, a document showing that a student has successfully completed their high school, college, or university education: · Everyone was given a diploma at the end of the course.high school/college diploma: · Anyone with a high school diploma can enroll in the course.
British you get a qualification when you finish a course and pass examinations at the end of it: · The two-year course leads to a teaching qualification.· List your qualifications in the space below.academic qualification: · She left school at 16, with no academic qualifications.
the qualification that you get when you successfully finish a course at university: · Cohn has a degree in political science from the University of Chicago.· Her dream is to get a degree in computer science and then get a high-paying job.do a degree/take a degree British (=study in order to get one): · Maggie is doing a degree in psychology.
an advanced degree that you get by studying for one or two years after getting your first degree: · Getting a master's should help you get a better job.master's degree/master's in: · Successful applicants will have a master's degree in social work.
the most advanced type of degree, which you study for on your own for several years, doing work and writing a long report explaining what you have discovered: · Bedell later earned a doctorate from Columbia University.doctorate/PhD in: · She had a PhD in industrial robotics.
the process of studying and being taught
the whole process by which people learn and develop their minds in schools, colleges, and universities: · The government should spend more on education.· My parents wanted me to have a good education.· Kerry hasn't decided if she'll continue her education or not.public education (=paid for by the government) especially American: · All children in the state have a right to public education.private education (=paid for by parents, not provided by the government): · Many parents cannot afford private education for their children.
relating to education: · Different children have different educational needs.· We offer a wide range of educational and sporting activities.educational institution/establishment (=a school, college, or university): · Many educational institutions have not been able make needed improvements because of funding cuts.educational system: · The American educational system is in need of reform.educational opportunity: · Low-income children do not have the same educational opportunities as children from wealthier families.
relating to education, especially at college or university level: · Leon was unemployed, and had no academic qualifications.· Increased self-confidence can help improve academic achievement.· Her name is well known in academic circles.· The new law raises concerns about academic freedom.
WORD SETS
AA, nounacademia, nounacademic, adjectiveacademic, nounacademy, nounalum, nounalumna, nounalumni, nounalumnus, nounassistant professor, nounAssociate of Arts, nounassociate professor, nounaudit, verbBA, nounbachelor's degree, nounBig Man on Campus, nounblue book, nounbrother, nounBSc, nounbursar, nounbursary, nouncampus, nounCantab, chair, nounchancellery, nounchancellor, nounclass, nouncoed, nouncommencement, nouncommunity college, nounconservatoire, nounconservatory, nounconvocation, nouncourse, nouncredit, nouncum laude, adverbdean, noundean's list, noundiploma, noundissertation, noundoctor, noundoctoral, adjectivedoctorate, nounDoctor of Philosophy, noundon, noundorm, noundormitory, noundouble first, noundown, adverbelective, nounexaminer, nounextension, nounextramural, adjectivefaculty, nounfinancial aid, nounfirst class, noungrad, noungrad school, noungraduate, noungraduate, verbgraduate, adjectivegraduate school, noungraduation, nounGRE, nounGreek, nounhall, nounhall of residence, nounhaze, verbhigher education, nounhomecoming, nounhonor roll, nounhonours degree, nounintercollegiate, adjectiveintramural, adjectiveIvy League, the, adjectivejoint honours, nounjunior college, nounlectureship, nounLLB, nounLLD, nounLLM, nounMA, nounmagna cum laude, adjectivemajor, nounMaster of Arts, nounMaster of Science, nounmaster's, nounmaster's degree, nounmatriculate, verbmature student, nounMBA, nounMEd, nounmedic, nounmedical school, nounMFA, nounmidterm, nounMilitary Academy, nounminor, nounMLitt, nounmortarboard, nounMPhil, nounM.Sc., nounOpen University, the, option, nounoral, nounOxbridge, nounPhD, nounPhi Beta Kappa, nounpledge, nounpledge, verbpoly, nounpolytechnic, nounpost doctoral, adjectivepost-grad, nounpostgraduate, nounpostgraduate, adjectivepractical, nounprof, nounprofessor, nounprofessorial, adjectiveprofessorship, nounProvost, nounqualified, adjectivequarter, nounrag, nounread, verbreadership, nounredbrick, adjectiverush, verbrush, nounsandwich course, nounschool, nounsemester, nounseminar, nounseminary, nounsenate, nounsenior, nounsingle honours, nounsophomore, nounsorority, nounspring break, nounstate university, nounstudent union, nounsubject, nounsumma cum laude, adverbsummer school, nounsurvey course, nounsyllabus, nountech, nountechnical college, nountenure, nountermly, adjectivetertiary education, nountheological college, nounthesis, nounthird, nounthird class, nountutor, nountutorial, nountutorial, adjective2.1, nountwo-two, nounU., undergraduate, noununi, nounUniv., university, nounupperclassman, nounupperclasswoman, nounvac, nounvacation, nounvarsity, nounvice-chancellor, nounvisiting professor, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
· Her daughter was about to go to university.
British English· We were at university together.
· She studied law at Edinburgh University.
· I applied for university without any real idea of what I wanted to do.
(also enter university formal)· Some people take a year off before they start university.
· Students often find work soon after leaving university.
(=leave after getting a degree)· She graduated from Liverpool University in 2006.
(=leave before finishing your course)· He dropped out of university in order to join a rock band.
university + NOUN
· He studied history at school and was now planning to take a university course.
· Thirty years ago 33% of university students were female.
(=someone who has completed a university course)· She is a university graduate who speaks three languages.
· Her father was a university lecturer and her mother a teacher.
· He was a qualified engineer with a university degree.
· I did not have the advantage of a university education.
· one of the oldest university departments in the country
(=the area of land containing the main buildings of a university)· There were violent protests on university campuses.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=with a university)· Uppsala is a university city.
· students who fail their college courses
· For many jobs you need to have a university degree.
· University departments are generally judged by their research quality.
· Do you have a university education?
· Japan has one of the highest rates of college and university entry in the world.
· She paid for her college fees by taking a part-time job as a waitress.
· She was studying at the college library.
· It is not company policy to offer refunds.
· How many college students are politically active?
· The school term was about to start.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Alison Petch has undertaken research in a range of social policy areas, in both local authority and university settings.· Start by taking a course or two at a local university.· There is an increasing number of local authorities, universities and schools wishing to try out the artist-in-residence idea.· Rin-Tin-Tin General Assembly, and to baffled vets at the local university.· About 80 representatives of local industry, universities, colleges and schools attended the event.
· A new generation of university teachers will be needed around 1995.· At the and of the school year, she packed her bags and followed Jean Ardley to her new university.· He resisted, however, the notion that the polytechnics were merely a new breed of university.· He hugged hundreds of babies, shook thousands of hands and cut ribbons at new universities, high-tech factories and a hospital.· Essex, one of the new universities born of the last years of Macmillan's rule, was occupied.· What would have amounted to a whole new university went down the congressional tube.· A representative from the new joint university college on Teesside will be on hand to answer questions.· At a new universities festival in Bradford he had run into Richard Neville.
· Analysts say this trend is even more remarkable because public universities run open admission policies and do not charge tuition.· Parents also pay substantial portions of state and local taxes that support public schools and universities.· Traditionally, public university degrees have carried far greater social prestige.· The actual tuition at a public university averaged $ 2, 982, according to the Department of Education.· The freeway booms and public university booms are over.· Since 1939, the University of California has won 31 Nobel Prizes, more than any other public university system.· The country's 32 public universities have long been a recruiting pool for leftist guerrilla armies.· Many states already have options that allow high school juniors and seniors to take courses at public colleges and universities for credit.
NOUN
· The data for university admissions in 1992 is the earliest available to us with the necessary detail.· The pupil also takes to the prospective employer or the university admissions tutor the raw scores of exam results.· She now works in the university admissions office.
· Her parents did not seem to mind that he had no qualifications and had not finished his university course.· In some of my university courses, I have asked students to describe how they decide whether or not some one is normal.· The university course was, in a sense, another field of discovery for Stan.· This classification fits some university courses well, but it is now inadequate for the system as a whole.· You should contact relevant industrial organisations if you wish to seek sponsorship for your university course.· The timing was opportune because Ned was able to take a year out from his university course.· Those high failure rates make it an efficient way of screening out teenagers who might later fail a university course.
· Social class 1 consists of occupations requiring a university degree or high professional equivalent.· Many students now choose to complete an apprenticeship and then pursue a university degree to improve their job prospects.· Those with a university degree rose by twelve percent.· There are university degree programs that teach less on the subject than this two-character play does in a couple of hours.· Traditionally, public university degrees have carried far greater social prestige.· George joined the ranks of the executive high-flyers, those with university degrees, I joined in a much humbler capacity.· For many years the essay has dominated the syllabus, from school certificate for 16 year olds to university degree examinations.· He was a fully qualified engineer, with a university degree!
· One solution has been to create university departments of integrated environmental science or of earth sciences.· Half the university departments and industries in the city are involved.· These factors include funding sources, the employment market for successful graduates, and the costs of running university departments.· No alternative employment within the school or other university department could be identified.· Collaborative links exist with other university departments, with associated institutions and with overseas universities.· Many schools of nursing, colleges and university departments now use the student-centred approach in teaching nursing knowledge and skills.· Then we found a small house about one hundred yards from my university department.· To liaise with the network of communication academics and university departments in different parts of the world.
· Only for the wealthy is there the option of paying to send their children abroad for university education.· Major is the first Tory prime minister since Winston Churchill without a university education.· The prospect of a university education must appear as an unattainable dream: some are successful but these are exceptional cases.· As employers demand higher skills, students everywhere want access to a university education.· In other words, pre-school attendance and university education are as unequally distributed today, as they were in the 1940s.· Members still suffer for their faith, for instance, by being denied university education or worthwhile jobs.· Mr Clare told his son he had been saving the money he would have spent on his university education for him.· To provide a university education for her might mark her out as a favoured pupil.
· Also cosmopolitan in outlook are a variety of traditional professions, particularly university lecturers.· In 1904 both were given the title and status of university lecturers.· There is a university lecturer in Roman Archaeology.· He was a university lecturer now, a family man, respectable, boring, even.· I was Roy Edward Burnell, a university lecturer and specialist in church architecture.· That person may have been a university lecturer, a teacher, a receptionist, a cleaner, a waitress or anything.· A university lecturer, for example.· Had an undistinguished career as a university lecturer in mathematics.
· In college and university libraries you will often find catalogues for other collections.· He successfully shored up a university library system that had been debilitated by Koffler.· I took up a position in a university library after a career break.· Just-in-time management philosophy has moved from manufacturing to the university library sector.· Others require two bound copies, one each for the main university library and the departmental library.· The set of theses consulted here was in the main university library.· The way that university library budgets are calculated is changing, and there is no reliable overview of current practice.· An early day motion has been tabled on the funding of acquisitions in university libraries.
· I became acquainted with her brother Pavel Sergeevich Popov, a university professor.· Their fathers were university professors and lawyers and accountants and advertisers who jogged around this lake in support hose.· For example, in 1984, fewer than 3 percent of university professors were women.· The group is composed mostly of university professors, though of every persuasion from Keynesian to libertarian to Marxist.· He was replaced by Humberto de la Calle, 44, a university professor and barrister.· He was, he said, a university professor.· Thirty percent of college and university professors, it is asserted, are con men, harassers, layabouts and plagiarists.
· More telling are the precipitous cost increases at state universities, which account for four out of every five college diplomas.· Today, state universities and community colleges are harnessing the Internet to teach people at distant locations.· In California, the state university system requires that faculty members teach five courses a year.
· Most university students never finish their degrees.· When the soldiers blocked university students from entering campuses the next morning, name-calling and fights broke out.· Dissent has occurred at times among university students in attempts to radicalise dominant ideas.· She will be sought after by university students and officers both, but she will prefer the officers.· Protesters included many school and university students.· The crowd of affirmative action supporters included university students, government workers, community activists and business people.· The 21-year-old university student is believed to be the first Lurgan sportsman to win senior medals for both football and cricket.· This perspective is also useful when examining patterns of behaviour among university students in the late 1980s.
· In this sense we are a microcosm of the university system as a whole.· Since 1939, the University of California has won 31 Nobel Prizes, more than any other public university system.· He had, in his own way, educated himself beyond the requirements of the university system.· Most of these institutions were private, and tiny; but by 1860 twenty states had established college or university systems.· Questions such as these have to be faced urgently if the university system is to expand as we all wish it to.· In California, the state university system requires that faculty members teach five courses a year.· The problem was that these developments were largely and necessarily outside the university system.
· Among the intelligentsia, hardly a voice was raised in its defence, with the exception of a few university teachers of Marxism-Leninism.· For the most part, however, Butz remained an obscure figure among more than 1, 000 university teachers.· A new generation of university teachers will be needed around 1995.· Most university teachers asked this question will start talking about cutbacks and underspending.· Roth got to know Bellow in Chicago, where Roth worked as a university teacher, finding it a lively place.· Headmistresses and university teachers were anxious to show that their students proved as fertile as the average woman.
VERB
· We got talking and realised that we were going to the same university!· Finally, after 20 years of living at near-poverty level, he decided to go into university teaching full time.· I went to university at Warwick and spun out my time there till I had a novel written.· His parents had assumed he would go to a big university, major in science, and go to medical school.· Ponyboy hopes he will finish school and go on to university, so that he can gain qualifications and lead a better life.· It was her boss who suggested she go on to university.· He did not go to university but entered the Middle Temple in 1607.· She always wanted Mikey to go on to university and become a doctor or a lawyer.
· They can be studied at universities or, most often these days, at colleges of further education.· She graduated from the Gymnasium and has even studied in the university.· Overall, four-fifths were studying at university and one-fifth were polytechnic students.· Tsila had graduated from high school and had studied at the university.· Two-year course students may be a little older, and have already studied drama at university level.· Women were now studying at the university.· If it is vocationally disadvantageous to study history at school, it must be vocationally suicidal to study the subject at university.· When my service here is finished, I hope to return to my mathematics studies at the university.
· He continued to teach in the university until his wife died, when he resumed his Fellowship and took Orders.· She was an undergrad at Barnard and he a graduate teaching assistant at the university.· The papacy, to maintain orthodoxy, placed restrictions on which universities could teach theology.· I teach at the university that night, so John takes both boys.· When you teach at a university you feel you know it all.· Whether you teach at a university or run a market, the important thing is that you work.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► university-educated/well educated/privately educated etc
  • I'm grateful to my wife for putting me through law school.
  • He put himself through school with wages earned as a carpenter.
  • He put his kids through college.
  • I put my children through college doing it.
  • I felt guilty thinking of my father working so hard to put me through school.
  • Instead, she moved to Boston, where she worked as a waitress and put herself through school.
  • Some said Pops sent his Social Security checks to his daughter to put his grandchildren through college.
  • The boys were to be sent by their father, but he was able to put just one through school.
  • There were stories of people putting themselves through college by working during the day and studying at night.
  • He worked his way through college, performing menial tasks in exchange for reduced tuition.
 an educational institution at the highest level, where you study for a degreeat a university She’s at Cambridge University.university of the University of TexasCOLLOCATIONSverbsgo to university· Her daughter was about to go to university.be at university British English· We were at university together.study (something) at a university· She studied law at Edinburgh University.apply for university· I applied for university without any real idea of what I wanted to do.start university (also enter university formal)· Some people take a year off before they start university.leave university· Students often find work soon after leaving university.graduate from university (=leave after getting a degree)· She graduated from Liverpool University in 2006.drop out of university (=leave before finishing your course)· He dropped out of university in order to join a rock band.university + NOUNa university course· He studied history at school and was now planning to take a university course.a university student· Thirty years ago 33% of university students were female.a university graduate (=someone who has completed a university course)· She is a university graduate who speaks three languages.a university lecturer/professor· Her father was a university lecturer and her mother a teacher.a university degree· He was a qualified engineer with a university degree.a university education· I did not have the advantage of a university education.a university department· one of the oldest university departments in the countrythe university campus (=the area of land containing the main buildings of a university)· There were violent protests on university campuses.THESAURUSuniversity a place where you can study a subject at a high level to get a degree: · Harvard University· About a third of the pupils go on to university.college in Britain, a place where you can study after you finish secondary school, especially to train for a job. In the US, a place where you can study and get a bachelor’s degree: · She’s at teacher training college.· the Royal College of Music· Where did you go to college?community college (also junior college) American English a school that students can go to for two years in order to learn a skill or prepare for university: · Community colleges can provide job-specific training.graduate school a college or university where you can study for a master’s degree or a doctorate, after receiving your first degree: · I taught for a few years, and then went back to graduate school.
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