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higher education

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌhigher eduˈcation noun [uncountable]  SECcollege or university education as opposed to school or high school 高等教育 further education
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higher educationIn a higher education curriculum, second-handedness is eschewed.He said the increase might force cuts in prisons and higher education and prevent any tax cut this year.I did make my escape from Roundhay - by a route taken by many of my contemporaries: higher education.While she affirmed learning across social classes, Jane Addams was a critic of higher education.The early 1960s were a hopeful time, and it was then that California devised its system of higher education.There were constituencies that had no interest in the civil rights issues, but great interest in expanded access to higher education.President Clinton is asking Congress to increase federal aid to higher education by more than 50 percent by the year 2002.
ˌhigher eduˈcation nounChineseSyllable
education college Corpus opposed or as school to or university


higher education
ˌhigher eduˈcation noun [uncountable]
college or university education as opposed to school or high schoolfurther education


higher educationBrE /ˌhaɪər edʒuˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhaɪər edʒuˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (abbreviation HE) education and training at college and university, especially to degree level (尤指达到学位水平的)高等教育   compare further education

course, distance learning, education, exam, further education, graduate, higher education, qualification, study, tertiary