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

• But in the end, the real value of a prep school education is more than just getting into Harvard.
  然而最后我们得出的结论是，预科学校的教育的真正价值决不仅止于让孩子进入类似哈佛的名牌大学。
• 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。
• 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。
• They went to prep school together, apparently.
  他们以前好像念的同一所公立学校。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And these qualities matter more to ultimate success than SAT prep courses in high school or what college your children go to.
  这些品质对于孩子最终的成功至关重要，远远超过高中的SAT预科课程和读哪所的大学。
• Prachanda, the party's leader, has a degree in agricultural science and also taught science in a prep school.
  尼共（毛主义）的领导人普拉昌达拥有农业科学的学位，曾经在一所预科学校教授科学。