A college is an institution where students study after they have left school.
例句
Their daughter Joanna is doing business studies at a local college...他们的女儿乔安娜在当地的一所学院念商科。Stephanie took up making jewellery after leaving art college this summer...斯蒂芬妮今年夏天离开艺术学院后开始从事珠宝制作。
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(英国某些大学设立的)学院
A college is one of the institutions which some British universities are divided into.
例句
He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford.他上的是牛津大学的贝利奥尔学院。
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(美国某些大学的专科)学院
At some universities in the United States, colleges are divisions which offer degrees in particular subjects.
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...a professor at the University of Florida College of Law.佛罗里达大学法学院的一位教授
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(用于英国某些收费中学的名称中)中学,公学
College is used in Britain in the names of some secondary schools which charge fees.
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In 1854, Cheltenham Ladies' College became the first girls' public school.1854年,切尔滕纳姆女子中学成为第一所女子公学。
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学会;协会;社团
A college of a particular kind is an organized group of people who have special duties and powers.
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He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians...他是皇家内科医师协会的成员。There is a college of international supervisors working together.一群来自世界各地的主管在一起工作。
英汉词典释义
n.
大学, 学院; 高等专科学校
Our daughter is going to college in autumn.我们的女儿秋天就要上大学了。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. the body of faculty and students of a college
2. an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university
3. British slang for prison
4. a complex of buildings in which a college is housed