education
/ˌedjuːˈkeɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university（尤指学校或大学的）教育, 培养：
a course of education.
一门教育课程。
1.1
- the theory and practice of teaching教育学：
colleges of education.
教育学院。
1.2
- count noun a body of knowledge acquired while being educated通过教育得到的知识, 受到的教育：
his education is encyclopedic and eclectic.
他所受的教育广博而且兼收并蓄。
1.3
- information about or training in a particular field or subject（某领域或学科的）知识; 训练：
health education.
保健知识。
1.4
an education
figurative an enlightening experience〈喻〉使人获益匪浅的经历：it would have been an education to have been in the House when the Minister spoke.
要是能在议院里听部长讲话, 那一定会让人获益匪浅。
派生词
educationist
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin educatio（n-）, from the verb educare （see EDUCATE）.