go to college
美式英语中常用，泛指上大学。
She plans to go to college after high school.
她计划高中毕业后上大学。
大学；学院
colleges — plural of college
学院建筑群；校舍；学院全体师生；学院的师生员工；选举团；团体；协会；学术机构。
an institution of higher education where students study for degrees, often one that is part of a university
学术机构。
An academic institution.
学院的教职员工和学生群体
the body of faculty and students of a college
拥有共同目标或目的的一群人,尤指神职人员或专业人士；法人团体；同事群体。
A group of people sharing common purposes or goals, especially ecclesiastics or professionals; a corporate group; a group of colleagues.
提供高等教育并授予学位的机构；通常是大学的一部分
an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university
选举团。
An electoral college.
高等教育机构所在的建筑群
a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed
She is studying biology at a local college.
她正在一所本地学堂学习生物学。
用法提示：college 在此指教育机构，作介词 at 的宾语
He applied to several colleges before deciding which one to attend.
他申请了几所学堂后才决定上哪一所。
用法提示：colleges 为复数形式，指多所学堂机构
After two years of college, she decided to transfer to a university.
在两年的学堂生活后，她决定转到一所大学。
用法提示：college 此处指学堂阶段，作 of 的宾语
美式英语中常用，泛指上大学。
She plans to go to college after high school.
她计划高中毕业后上大学。
college 作定语修饰 student，表示大学生。
He is a college student majoring in biology.
他是一名主修生物的大学生。
They met while they were in college.
他们是在上大学时认识的。
较正式的用法。
Many students attend college in another city.
许多学生去另一个城市上大学。
通常规模更大，可包含多个学院(colleges)
常指专注于某一领域的学院，不如college通用
多指艺术、军事等专门学校，用法较窄
指大学中的院系或专门的职业学校，需注意上下文
侧重理工科，现多已更名，较少用
grammar · medium
易错句子He studies in the college.
正确表达He studies at college.
当泛指上大学时，不用冠词，介词用at或不加冠词的in。
grammar · medium
易错句子I am college.
正确表达I am a college student.
college是名词，不能直接作表语表示身份，应加上student。
college 通常指提供本科教育的机构或大学下属的学院；university 则指包含多个学院且提供本科和研究生教育的综合性大学。
college 指一般的高等教育机构；institute 通常指专注于某一领域（如科技、艺术）的教育或研究机构。
上大学
She plans to go to college after high school.
她计划高中毕业后上大学。
大学生
My brother is a college student majoring in biology.
我哥哥是一名主修生物的大学生。
大学学位
A college degree can improve your job prospects.
大学学位可以改善你的就业前景。
社区大学
He attended a community college for two years before transferring.
他在社区大学读了两年后转学。
大学校园
The college campus is beautiful in the fall.
大学校园在秋天很美。
大学学费
College tuition has been rising steadily.
大学学费一直在稳步上涨。
col- (together) + -leg- (choose) + -e
col- (together) + -league (to bind)
尽最大努力
He gave it his college try, but still didn't win the race.
他尽了最大努力，但还是没有赢得比赛。
上大学不是为了拿学位，而是为了发现真正的自己。
In the movie Legally Blonde, Elle Woods says, 'Going to college is not about getting a degree; it's about finding out who you really are.'
在电影《律政俏佳人》中，女主角艾尔·伍兹说：“上大学不是为了拿学位，而是为了发现真正的自己。”
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