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tertiary education

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌtertiary eduˈcation noun [uncountable]  formalSEC education at a college, university etc 高等教育,大学教育 SYN higher education
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tertiary educationThe only thing about tertiary education on which everyone agrees is that it is a mess.This leads immediately to an estimate of about 360,000 heavily employed trainers needed in addition to school, college and tertiary education staff.Enhance study skills in preparation for tertiary education 3.Few of our parents had reached any form of tertiary education.First, there seems at present less to complain about in most of our primary schools than in secondary or tertiary education.It would be aimed not only at those intending to continue to tertiary education but to all pupils.
From Longman Business Dictionarytertiary educationˌtertiary eduˈcation British English education at university level education
ˌtertiary eduˈcation nounChineseSyllable
a education etc Business university Corpus college, at


tertiary education
ˌtertiary eduˈcation noun [uncountable]
formal education at a college, university etc
   SYN  higher education