英语单词 | dropout |
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英美音标 | 英 ['drɒpaʊt] 美 ['drɑːpaʊt] |
中文释义 | n.退学学生;拒绝传统社会的人;【计算机】磁盘信息失落;漏失信息,丢失信息 |
英语例句 | (1) He is a dropout, and messes around all day. (2) In the long haul,she'll regret having been a school dropout. (3) He is a dropout who will never have a steady job. |
中文例句 | (1) 他是一名流失生,整天游手好闲。 (2) 她终归会后悔不该中途辍学。 (3) 他是一个拒绝传统社会的人,永远都不会有一份稳定的工作。 |
vocabulary简明 | A dropout is someone who doesn't finish a project or program, especially school. If you quit high school before you graduate, some people will call you a dropout. |
vocabulary扩展 | Whenever you quit something, or don't follow through on a commitment, you risk being called a dropout, which is a fairly derogatory term for someone who withdraws, quits, or drops out. If you withdraw from college after one semester, you might jokingly describe yourself as a college dropout. The word dates from about 1930. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]离经叛道者;摈弃社会习俗者 If you describe someone as a drop-out, you disapprove of the fact that they have rejected the accepted ways of society, for example by not having a regular job. [disapproval] 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]辍学者;退学者 A drop-out is someone who has left school or college before they have finished their studies.
3 [ADJ 形容词]退学的;辍学的;中途放弃的 If you refer to the drop-out rate, you are referring to the number of people who leave a school or college early, or leave a course or other activity before they have finished it. [ADJ n]
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