liberal arts
plural noun
1- chiefly N. Amer. arts subjects such as literature and history, as distinct from science and technology〈主北美〉文科(如文学和历史, 有别于科学和技术)。
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- historical the medieval trivium and quadrivium〈史〉(中世纪的)三艺和四艺。
词源
liberal, as distinct from servile or mechanical (i.e. involving manual labour) and originally referring to arts and sciences considered 'worthy of a free man'; later the word related to general intellectual development rather than vocational training.