public school是什么意思_public school的用法_词性_词根

双语例句

The rich can opt out of the public school system.

有钱人可以选择退出公立学校体系。
He was educated at (a) public school.

他出身英国公学。
He was headmaster of a public school in the West of England.

他曾是英格兰西部一所公学的校长。
They're going to a public school.

他们只是去一所公立大学上学。
So one day I was put into a public school in Brighton.

因此有一天我被送进布赖顿的公立学校。

近义词

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释义

(in the UK)a private fee-paying secondary school,especially one for boarders

（英国）（私立付费，尤指寄宿制的）公学。

(chiefly in North America)a school supported by public funds

〈主北美〉公立学校。

词源

"late 16th cent.: from Latin publica schola,denoting a school maintained at the public expense; in England public school （a term recorded from 1580） originally denoted a grammar school under public management,founded for the benefit of the public （contrasting with private school,run for the profit of the proprietor）; since the 19th cent． the term has been applied to the old endowed English grammar schools,and newer schools modelled on them,which have developed into fee-paying boarding schools．"

That is a clear and simple argument that everyone can get their heads around. And it doesn't hurt that Iowa's biggest employer is the public school system.

这是一个简单清晰的观点，所有人都能明白。而且加分的是，爱荷华州最大的雇佣单位就是公立学校系统。

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