academy
/əˈkædəmi/noun
(pl. -ies)
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- a place of study or training in a special field专门院校：
a police academy.
警察学校。
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- Brit. An inner-city school which is funded partly by the government and partly by a private individual or organization〈英〉（政府和私营机构在市中心贫民区合建的）贫民学校, 慈善学校。
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- dated a place of study〈旧〉学校。
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- US & Scottish a secondary school, in the US typically a private one〈美, 苏格兰〉中学（在美国尤指私立学校）。
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the Academy
the teaching school founded by Plato（柏拉图创建的）学园。
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- a society or institution of distinguished scholars and artists or scientists that aims to promote and maintain standards in its particular field学院, 研究院：
the Royal Academy of Arts.
皇家艺术院。
词源
late Middle English (denoting the garden where Plato taught)： from French académie or Latin academia, from Greek akadēmeia, from Akadēmos, the hero after whom Plato's garden was named.