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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。