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 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。
• What makes you so sure I went to prep school?
  你凭什么认定我是预科生？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Just two days before she killed herself, Val gave me a gift, a token of congratulations on being accepted to the Naval Academy prep school in Rhode Island.
  就在她自己的两天前，威尔给了我一个礼物，对我被罗得岛海军预备学院接受以示祝贺。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。