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- a private teacher, typically one who teaches a single pupil or a very small group（尤指教单个或极少学生的）私人教师, 家庭教师。
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- chiefly Brit. a university or college teacher responsible for the teaching and supervision of assigned students〈主英〉大学导师。
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- US an assistant lecturer in a college or university〈美〉大学助教。
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- Brit. a book of instruction in a particular subject〈英〉学习指南, 辅导手册。
with obj.
1- act as a tutor to (a single pupil or a very small group)担任（单个学生, 一小群学生）的私人教师（或导师）; （作为私人教师或导师）辅导, 指导（学生）：
his children were privately tutored.
他的小孩请了家庭教师。
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- no obj. work as a tutor当家庭教师, 当大学助教, 当大学导师。
派生词
tutorage
nountutorship
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French tutour or Latin tutor, from tueri 'to watch, guard'.