prep school

英 [ˈprep skuːl]

美 [ˈprep skuːl]

n.  预备学校(英国为11或13岁以下的儿童开办的私立学校); 预备学校，预科学校(美国为准备升入大学者开设的私立学校)

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柯林斯词典

• 预备学校（英国为11或13岁以下的儿童开办的私立学校）
  In Britain, aprep schoolis a private school where children are educated until the age of 11 or 13.
• N-VAR 预备学校，预科学校（美国为准备升入大学者而设的私立学校）
  In the United States, aprep schoolis a private school for students who intend to go to college after they leave.
  1. ...an exclusive prep school in Washington.
     华盛顿一所贵族预科学校

英英释义

noun

• a private secondary school
  Synonym:preparatory school

双语例句

• Coming from a high quality college prep high school, most of the general education classes have been very easy but the upper level engineering classes have been very difficult.
  因为学生都来自高质量的高中预科学生，大多数的普通教育课程是非常简单的，但是较高水平的工程类课程是非常难的。
• Kobayashi's reputation has spread so far that one Japanese prep school has hired him to teach teenagers to think for themselves.
  小林的名声很响，日本的一座大学预科学院甚至聘请他来教学生们如何进行独立思考。
• I sent her to a nice prep school back east.
  我她送到东部一所一流的寄宿学校。
• One year at a prep school left students with four years of eligibility at a four-year university, as opposed to two years of eligibility after two years at a junior college.
  学生在预备学习一年之后，就可以准备进入四年制的大学或是两年制的初级学院学习了。
• This list, while arbitrary, reflects the fact that many parents send their kids to prep school specifically so they can get into the most prestigious universities.
  这个名单具有一定的随意性和可变性，但是却反映了一个事实：很多家长送他们的孩子去预科学校读书的一个尤为重要的目的是使他们的孩子能够进入最有名的大学。
• Male teachers often use their 'erotic capital' when dealing with female members of staff, according to the head of a leading prep school.
  一所一流预备学校的校长表示，男老师跟女同事打交道时经常运用自己的魅力资本。
• They went to prep school together, apparently.
  他们以前好像念的同一所公立学校。
• EXAMPLE: My younger brother is taking several difficult college prep courses in high school that he hopes it will help him pass his university entrance examinations.
  我弟弟在高中学习几门很难的大学预备课程，他希望这能帮助他通过高考。
• He grew up working-class in Manhattan and was always drawn to the prep school mystique.
  他成长于曼哈顿的工人阶级，总是被预科神秘性所吸引。
• Pencey Prep is this school that's in Agerstown, Pennsylvania.
  潘西这学校在宾夕法尼亚州埃杰斯镇。