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

• 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。
• China Prep follows five Chinese students through their final high-pressure year at an elite high school in Sichuan Province.
  《中国高考》的镜头跟随着四川省一所精英高中的五名学生，报道了他们度过的高强度高三。
• He left Los Angeles three years ago to go to prep powerhouse Oak Hill Academy, and was one of the top high school recruits.
  三年前，他离开洛杉矶，前往强大的奥克山私立高级中学并成为其高中篮球队里的最好的新手之一。
• 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。
• 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。
• They went to prep school together, apparently.
  他们以前好像念的同一所公立学校。
• 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。
• 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。
• He remembers beginning aged 12, as a boy at prep school, when he was given one of those individual garden plots.
  他记得自己12岁在预科学校念书时就开始了，当时他得到了那些单独园地中的一块。