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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They went to prep school together, apparently.
  他们以前好像念的同一所公立学校。