intercollegiate [noun]
常用作定语，修饰比赛、活动等名词。
They won the intercollegiate basketball championship.
他们赢得了校际篮球锦标赛。
大学之间的；校际的。；用于大学之间的竞争
relating to or used in competition between colleges or universities
大学之间的；校际的。
Between colleges.
用于大学之间的竞争
used of competition between colleges or universities
The intercollegiate debate team will compete at the state championship next month.
校际辩论队下个月将参加州级锦标赛。
用法提示：intercollegiate 作定语，表示“校际的”，修饰辩论队。
AI contextual example
She won first place in the intercollegiate swimming meet last weekend.
上周末她在校际游泳比赛中获得第一名。
用法提示：intercollegiate 为形容词，作定语修饰游泳比赛。
AI contextual example
Our university hosts an intercollegiate music festival every spring.
我们大学每年春天举办校际音乐节。
用法提示：intercollegiate 表示“大学间的”，作定语修饰音乐节。
AI contextual example
常用作定语，修饰比赛、活动等名词。
They won the intercollegiate basketball championship.
他们赢得了校际篮球锦标赛。
作表语时，通常指赛事或活动涉及多所高校。
This debate competition is intercollegiate, so teams from several colleges are taking part.
这场辩论赛是校际的，因此有多所大学的队伍参赛。
正式程度较低、使用较少，常可与 intercollegiate 互换；多作定语。
语义比 intercollegiate 更窄，特指大学之间；若涉及学院或混合机构则不适用。
grammar · medium
易错句子The intercollegiate sports meet was held for all departments in our university.
正确表达The intramural sports meet was held for all departments in our university.
intercollegiate 指“大学之间/校际的”，用于不同高校之间的比赛；同一所高校内各院系之间的活动应用 intramural（校内的）。区分前缀 inter-（之间）和 intra-（内部）即可。
grammar · medium
易错句子They held an intercollegiate debate among the two universities.
正确表达They held an intercollegiate debate between the two universities.
当明确是两所大学（two universities）时，介词应用 between 而不是 among；among 用于三个或三个以上的人或事物。这是 between/among 的常见混淆。
与 intercollegiate（校际的，指大学或学院之间）相对，intramural 指同一所学校内部，常用于校内比赛或活动，两者不可互换。
collegiate 仅表示“大学的/学院的”，不强调校与校之间；intercollegiate 含 inter-，专指不同大学之间的活动或比赛。
intramural 指同一所学校内部的活动或比赛；intercollegiate 指不同大学之间的比赛，前缀 inter- 与 intra- 方向相反。
interscholastic 泛指学校之间（常含中小学）的比赛；intercollegiate 只指大学或学院之间，范围更窄。
校际体育比赛
He earned a scholarship through his performance in intercollegiate sports.
他凭借在校际体育比赛中的表现获得了奖学金。
校际竞赛
Intercollegiate competitions are held every spring.
校际竞赛每年春季举行。
校际辩论赛
Our team reached the finals of the intercollegiate debate.
我们队进入了校际辩论赛的决赛。
校际锦标赛
They are the defending champions of the intercollegiate championship.
他们是校际锦标赛的卫冕冠军。
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inter-（在…之间）+ collegiate（学院的）；同前缀词：international、interpersonal；同根词：college、colleague
校际活动通常涉及体育竞技项目。
intercollegiate 多用于描述大学之间的竞赛。
该词所指的活动发生在大学与大学之间。
常见的校际比赛以体育项目为主。
校际赛事常以锦标赛形式组织。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.