school
noun/skuːl/
/skuːl/
Idioms - [countable] a place where children go to be educated
（中、小）学校 - My brother and I went to the same school.
我和我哥哥上的是同一所学校。 - (formal) Which school do they attend?
他们上的是哪一所学校？ - I'm going to the school today to talk to Kim's teacher.
今天我要去学校和金的老师谈一谈。 - We need more money for roads, hospitals and schools.
我们需要更多的资金来修公路、建医院和办学校。 - The charity runs projects at local schools and youth organizations.
该慈善机构在当地学校和青年组织开展项目。 - a girls'/boys' school
女子/男子学校 - school for somebody a school for girls aged 11–16
一所招收 11 至 16 岁女子的学校 - school buildings
校舍 - The kids get the school bus every morning.
孩子们每天早上都坐校车。
Grammar Point schoolschoolsee also church school, community school, day school, elementary school, faith school, first school, free school, grade school, high school, lower school, night school, nursery school, preparatory school, primary school, private school, Rugby School, secondary school, state school- When a school is being referred to as an institution, you do not need to use the:
- When do the children finish school?
孩子们什么时候毕业？
- I’ll meet you outside the school.
我在学校外面等你。
- Her husband spent three years in prison.
她丈夫坐了三年牢。
- When do the children finish school?
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsa1- It is a failing school with some of the worst results in the city.
那所学校教学质量不达标，有些成绩是市里最差的。 - Their son's at the school near the station.
他们的儿子在车站附近的学校上学。 - the cleverest child in the school
全校最聪明的孩子 - I'll meet you outside the school.
我在学校外面等你。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- nursery
- comprehensive
- first
- …
- attend
- go to
- enter
- …
- child
- kid
- boy
- …
- after school
- at (a/the) school
- in (a/the) school
- …
- be on the way home from school
- get ready for school
- get out of school
- …
- My brother and I went to the same school.
- [uncountable] (used without the or a) the process of learning in a school; the time during your life when you go to a school
上学；上学阶段 - (British English) to start/leave school
入学；（结束义务教育）离开中学 - (North American English) to start/quit school
入学；（结束义务教育）离开中学 - Where did you go to school?
你是在哪里上的学？ - (British English) at school All my kids are still at school.
我的孩子还都在上学。 - Can you remember your first day at school?
你还记得你第一天上学吗？ - (North American English) in school All my kids are still in school.
我的孩子还都在上学。 - (North American English) to teach school (= teach in a school)
在学校教书 - The transition from school to work can be difficult.
从在学校念书到上班工作，这一转变有时候可真不容易。 - The school year was nearly over.
学年即将结束。
British/American at / in schoolat / in school- In British English somebody who is attending school is at school:
- I was at school with her sister.
我和她妹妹过去在同一个学校读书。
- I have a ten-year-old in school.
我有个十岁的孩子在上学。
- I was at school with her sister.
Collocations EducationEducationLearning- acquire/get/lack (an) education/training/(British English) (some) qualifications
- receive/provide somebody with training/tuition
- develop/design/plan a curriculum/(especially British English) course/(North American English) program/syllabus
- give/go to/attend a class/lesson/lecture/seminar
- hold/run/conduct a class/seminar/workshop
- sign up for/take a course/classes/lessons
- go to/start preschool/kindergarten/nursery school
- be in the first, second, etc. (North American English) grade/(especially British English) year (at school)
- study/take/drop history/chemistry/German, etc.
- (British English) leave/finish/drop out of/ (North American English) quit school
- (North American English) graduate high school/college
- be the victim/target of bullying
- (British English) play truant from/ (both British English, informal) bunk off/skive off school (= not go to school when you should)
- (both especially North American English) skip/cut class/school
- (British English) cheat in/(North American English) cheat on an exam/a test
- get/be given a detention (for doing something)
- be expelled from/be suspended from school
- do your homework/(British English) revision/a project on something
- work on/write/do/submit an essay/a dissertation/a thesis/an assignment/(North American English) a paper
- finish/complete your dissertation/thesis/studies/coursework
- hand in/ (North American English) turn in your homework/essay/assignment/paper
- study/prepare/ (British English) revise/ (North American English) review/ (North American English, informal) cram for a test/an exam
- take/ (both British English) do/sit a test/an exam
- (especially British English) mark/ (especially North American English) grade homework/a test
- (British English) do well in/ (North American English) do well on/ (informal, especially North American English) ace a test/an exam
- pass/fail/ (informal, especially North American English) flunk a test/an exam/a class/a course/a subject
- apply to/get into/go to/start college/(British English) university
- leave/graduate from law school/college/(British English) university (with a degree in computer science)
- study for/take/ (British English) do/complete a law degree/a degree in physics
- (both North American English) major/minor in biology/philosophy
- earn/receive/be awarded/get/have/hold a master’s degree/a bachelor’s degree/a PhD in economics
- He was expelled from school for verbally abusing his teacher.
他因辱骂老师被学校开除。 - She didn't do very well at school.
她学习成绩不太好。 - In Britain children start school when they are five.
在英国，儿童五岁开始上学。 - He dropped out of school after the ninth grade.
九年级后他就辍学了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- nursery
- comprehensive
- first
- …
- attend
- go to
- enter
- …
- child
- kid
- boy
- …
- after school
- at (a/the) school
- in (a/the) school
- …
- be on the way home from school
- get ready for school
- get out of school
- …
- (British English) to start/leave school
- [uncountable] (used without the or a) the time during the day when children are working in a school
上课（或上学）时间 - School begins at 9.
9 点开始上课。 - after school Shall I meet you after school today?
今天放学后我去找你好吗？ - at/in school The kids are at/in school until 3.30.
孩子们到 3:30 才放学。 - off school I'm off school this week.
我本周不上学。 - (especially British English) His mum kept him off school for two weeks when he was ill.
他生病期间，妈妈两周没让他去上学。 - out of school (North American English) His mom kept him out of school for two weeks when he was sick.
当他生病时，他妈妈让他缺课两周。 - My parents let me stay home from school yesterday.
昨天父母让我待在家里，不去上学。 - after-school activities
课外活动 - The next day was Monday, a school day.
第二天是周一，上学的日子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- nursery
- comprehensive
- first
- …
- attend
- go to
- enter
- …
- child
- kid
- boy
- …
- after school
- at (a/the) school
- in (a/the) school
- …
- be on the way home from school
- get ready for school
- get out of school
- …
- School begins at 9.
- the school[singular] all the children or students and the teachers in a school
学校全体师生 - I had to stand up in front of the whole school.
我只得在全校师生面前站起来。
- I had to stand up in front of the whole school.
- [countable, uncountable] (often in compounds) a place where people go to learn a particular subject or skill
专业学校；专科学校 - a drama/language/riding school
戏剧／语言／骑术学校 - He runs a karate school in San Jose, California.
他在加州圣何塞开了一所空手道学校。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- nursery
- comprehensive
- first
- …
- attend
- go to
- enter
- …
- child
- kid
- boy
- …
- after school
- at (a/the) school
- in (a/the) school
- …
- be on the way home from school
- get ready for school
- get out of school
- …
- a drama/language/riding school
- [countable, uncountable] (North American English, informal) a college or university; the time that you spend there
学院；大学；上大学时期 - famous schools like Yale and Harvard
像耶鲁和哈佛这样的著名大学 - Where did you go to school?
你是在哪里上的学？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- nursery
- comprehensive
- first
- …
- attend
- go to
- enter
- …
- child
- kid
- boy
- …
- after school
- at (a/the) school
- in (a/the) school
- …
- be on the way home from school
- get ready for school
- get out of school
- …
- famous schools like Yale and Harvard
- [countable, uncountable] a department of a college or university that teaches a particular subject
（高等院校的）学院，系 - the business/law/medical school
商学院；法学院；医学院 - school of something the School of Dentistry
口腔医学系 - He was determined to get into medical school.
他一心想上医学院。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- nursery
- comprehensive
- first
- …
- attend
- go to
- enter
- …
- child
- kid
- boy
- …
- after school
- at (a/the) school
- in (a/the) school
- …
- be on the way home from school
- get ready for school
- get out of school
- …
- the business/law/medical school
- [countable] a group of writers, artists, etc. whose style of work or opinions have been influenced by the same person or ideas
学派；流派 - the Dutch school of painting
荷兰画派
- the Dutch school of painting
- [countable] a large number of fish or other sea animals, swimming together
群 - a school of dolphins
一群海豚
see also old school - a school of dolphins
where children learn
students and teachers
for particular skill
college/university
of writers/artists
of fish
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 8 Old English scōl, scolu, via Latin from Greek skholē ‘leisure, philosophy, lecture-place’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French escole. noun sense 9 late Middle English: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schōle, of West Germanic origin; related to Old English scolu ‘troop’. Compare with shoal sense (1).
Idioms
one of the old school
- an old-fashioned person who likes to do things as they were done in the past
守旧的人；保守派人物
school(s) of thought
- a way of thinking that a number of people share
学派 - There are two schools of thought about how this illness should be treated.
关于如何治疗这种疾病，有两派不同的意见。 - He belongs to the school of thought that says that competition can be very stimulating for children.
他属于认为竞争对孩子来说非常刺激的学派。
- There are two schools of thought about how this illness should be treated.
too cool for school
- (informal) very fashionable
时髦的；流行的 - The assistants look like they're too cool for school.
那些助理看上去非常时髦。
- The assistants look like they're too cool for school.