academy
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++a·cad·e·my /əˈkædəmi/ noun (plural academies) [countable] 1 SSOan official organization which encourages the development of literature, art, science etc 研究院；学会 the American Academy of Arts and Letters 美国艺术和文学学会2 SECa college where students are taught a particular subject or skill 专科学院 a military academy 军事学院 the Royal Academy of Music 皇家音乐学院3. SESa school in Scotland for children between 11 and 16 〔苏格兰11到16岁孩子上的〕中等学校4. a private school in the US 〔美国的〕私立学校5. previously city academy a type of independent secondary school in England that is run with help and money from private organizations or people. Each school specializes in teaching a particular subject such as science, business, or technology. 〔英国由私人团体或个人捐助的〕公立中学Examples from the Corpus
academy• Thus there was an academy of practising poets in Toulouse in the early fourteenth century.• He was educated privately at academies in Margate.• the California Ballet Academy• St. Lawrence Academy• Supposedly, this nomination shows that stodgy, old academy voters are hipper, less traditional, younger.• It is the last one he adopted at the academy.• Back at the academy, they eat lunch at 2 and are on the court from 2.30-6.30.• Li and Mao are retired, but their dismissal from the academy bars them from publishing and teaching.• Congress got in the act in the following years, lending the academy $ 255,000 to expand the dairy.nAcademy /əˈkædəmi/ noun [countable] na type of secondary school in England that is independent, but which is supported by public money. Each Academy has a private sponsor which can either be an individual person or an organization. Although many subjects are taught in an Academy, each school specializes in certain areas such as science, business, computing, or technology.Origin academy (1500-1600) Latin academia, from Greek Akademeia school in Athens at which the ancient Greek thinker Plato taught, named for Akademos a hero in Athenian storiesa·cad·e·my nounAcademy nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
science the development of Corpus literature, which official encourages art, an organization
Academy
Academy
noun [countable]
a type of secondary school in England that is independent, but which is supported by public money. Each Academy has a private sponsor which can either be an individual person or an organization. Although many subjects are taught in an Academy, each school specializes in certain areas such as science, business, computing, or technology.
Academy
noun [countable]a type of secondary school in England that is independent, but which is supported by public money. Each Academy has a private sponsor which can either be an individual person or an organization. Although many subjects are taught in an Academy, each school specializes in certain areas such as science, business, computing, or technology.
academy
a‧cad‧e‧my /əˈkædəmi/ noun (plural academies) [countable]
the American Academy of Arts and Letters
2. a college where students are taught a particular subject or skill:
a military academy
the Royal Academy of Music
3. a school in Scotland for children between 11 and 16
4. a private school in the US
5. previously city academy in England, a state secondary school that is run with help and money from private organizations or people
a‧cad‧e‧my /əˈkædəmi/
noun (plural academies) [countable] Word Family: noun: academy, academia, academic, academe, academician; adverb: academically; adjective: academic ≠ UNACADEMIC
Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: academia, from Greek Akademeia school in Athens at which the ancient Greek thinker Plato taught, named for Akademos a hero in Athenian stories
1. an official organization which encourages the development of literature, art, science etc:Language: Latin
Origin: academia, from Greek Akademeia school in Athens at which the ancient Greek thinker Plato taught, named for Akademos a hero in Athenian stories
2. a college where students are taught a particular subject or skill:
3. a school in Scotland for children between 11 and 16
4. a private school in the US
5. previously city academy in England, a state secondary school that is run with help and money from private organizations or people
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