accommodation (膳宿)供應(yīng)= room and board
lodging 寄宿(處)
lease 出租 “for lease”, “to let”v.s. rent
tenant 房客，佃戶
landlord 房東 à landlady(f)ß Lord, ＜＞ tenant
housemate ~ roommate, dormmate^ schoolmate, classmate
dormitory 寢室 (abbrev. dorm)
au pair A young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework(另) = reciprocal
reciprocal 相互的，互惠的
hostel youth hostel~ hotel
real estate 房地產(chǎn)
vicinity = neighborhood
flat 平的，癟的 flat tire公寓(= apartment)^ condo, studio
bond = deposit
linen 亞麻的 亞麻織品，床單(= bed linen)
utensil 器皿
stationery 文具 (v.s. stationary)
laundry 洗衣，洗衣店
cafeteria 自助餐廳~ canteen
cater 滿足(需要)
aerobics 有氧健身操 “aero”: air
badminton 羽毛球(運(yùn)動(dòng))
baseball 棒球 baseball bat
squash 壁球(運(yùn)動(dòng))
amateur ＜＞ professional
gathering 聚會(huì)v.s. meeting, reunion
excursion 遠(yuǎn)足 (= outing, expedition)
commonwealth 共和國(guó)，聯(lián)邦Commonwealth: 英聯(lián)邦
tertiary 第三的After purchasing a house and a car, the next major life expenditure is almost certainly the cost of tertiary education.primary à secondary à tertiary
post-secondary “post”: afterpostgraduate, postdoctoral, post-sale, postwar
illiterate 文盲 不識(shí)字的il(no) + literate(words)à illiteracy (＜＞ literacy)
discipline 學(xué)科，紀(jì)律v.s. subject
terminology 術(shù)語(yǔ) faculty department and staff of a college/university
dean (大學(xué))教務(wù)長(zhǎng)
curriculum 課程 (= course)à extracurricular 課外的
syllabus 課程提綱
calendar 日歷，日程 (~ schedule, agenda, timetable)
compulsory 強(qiáng)制的，必修的＜＞ elective (選修的)
examiner ＜＞ examinee^ take/sit, pass/get through, fail, retake/resit
recruit 招生，招募à recruitment= enroll
prestige 聲望，威信à prestigious
esteem 尊敬 (n. & v.)your esteemed school/company
aptitude 智力SAT: School Aptitude Test
matriculation 錄取入學(xué)
vocation 職業(yè) (= calling, occupation, career)à vocationalvocational education
TAFE Technical And Further Education (Australian)
abbreviation 縮略(詞)~ abridge (縮短，刪節(jié))
transferable (學(xué)分等)可轉(zhuǎn)換的
scholarship 獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金= fellowship
tutorial 輔導(dǎo)(課)ß tutor (= lecturer, instructor)
pedagogue 教員，學(xué)究~ pedagogy (教育學(xué)，教學(xué)法)^ demagogue (政治煽動(dòng)家)
lexicography 詞典編撰 (à lexicographer)
assignment 任務(wù)，(課外)作業(yè)
dissertation 論文 (= thesis)
credential 證明，文憑 “cred”: creditlinguistic credentials
alumni 校友(男)＜＞ alumnae
overestimate 高估 (＜＞ underestimate)
decipher 解碼，解釋 (= decode)decipher workplace culture
caliber 才干 |
