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

• One of my most vivid memories is of coming back West from prep school and later from college at Christmas time.
  我记忆中最鲜明的景象之一就是每年圣诞节从预备学校，以及后来从大学回到西部的情景。
• 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。
• Sam has bad dreams because soon he will be going to prep school.
  萨姆老是做恶梦，因为不久他就要进预备学校了。
• I had a headmaster just like him in prep school.
  我在预校就有个教官像他。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had sandy hair, and I think I was especially aware of him because he looked more like a kid from a prep school than a customer in a West Side bank.
  他长着浅棕色的头发。我想我之所以特别注意到他，是因为他看上去像个预科学校的孩子，而不像个西区银行的顾客。
• I had applied to the academy twice before I was finally accepted to the prep school, an education that would put me on my way to a commission from Annapolis.
  在被预备役学院最终接受之前我曾经两次申请，一种可以把我从安娜波里斯转回正途的教育。
• Looking just as snazzy as his teacher, Glee's prep school spy plays the part – and dashingly!
  《欢乐合唱团》中的演员克里斯看着和他在剧中的老师一样时髦。