college
Definitions
An institution of higher or further education; part of a university.
学院；大学；（大学的）学院。
An organized body of people with a shared profession or purpose: the electoral college.
（有共同职业或宗旨的）团体，学会：electoral college 选举团。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedFrom Latin collegium: col- (together) + leg (here from legere in its 'choose' sense, via collega 'colleague') = a body of people 'chosen together' into one association. The teaching institution is just the most familiar kind of such a body; the electoral college keeps the older, broader sense of 'a chosen group with one task.'
Root lect still carries 128 more wordsWhy It Means This
College and colleague are twins. Both come from Latin collegium / collega — people 'chosen together' (col- + leg-) into one body sharing duties. English first used 'college' for any such organized group (a college of cardinals, a college of surgeons). The modern 'place of study' meaning grew out of self-governing communities of scholars who were, literally, colleagues bound into one body.
Common Collocations
- 1.community college社区学院
- 2.liberal arts college文理学院
- 3.go to college上大学
- 4.electoral college选举团
Example Sentences
- 1.
She studied biology at a small liberal arts college.
- 2.
The cardinals form the college that elects the Pope.