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

  1. 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, a prep school is a private school where children are educated until the age of 11 or 13.
    1. 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, a prep school is 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

    双语例句

    1. 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。
    2. 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。
    3. 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。
    4. 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。
    5. 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。
    6. 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。
    7. What makes you so sure I went to prep school?
      你凭什么认定我是预科生?
    8. 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。
    9. 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。
    10. 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。
    11. 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。
    12. 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。
    13. Other benefits of going to a prep school include top-notch facilities and extracurricular activities.
      在预科学校就读的其他好处还包括一流的设备和丰富的课外活动。位于新罕布什尔州的St。
    14. 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。
    15. They went to prep school together, apparently.
      他们以前好像念的同一所公立学校。
    16. 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。
    17. 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。
    18. 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。
    19. 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。
    20. 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。
    21. We used to do this sort of thing all the time at prep school.
      我们上学的时候也经常做这种事。
    22. 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。
    23. 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。
    24. 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。
    25. I had a headmaster just like him in prep school.
      我在预校就有个教官像他。
    26. 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。
    27. Time spent on prep time high school students spend much less than junior highschool students.
      在预习花费的时间上,高中生花费的时间要远远少于初中生。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. a private secondary school

        Synonym:    preparatory school