A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
— John Ciardi  ·  No category

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university [,junɪ'vɝsəti] 词频1 词根: ver
n. 综合性大学;大学人员;大学校舍;
💡 univers宇宙+ity名词→由宇宙引申为知识，知识之地→大学
"the University Advisement Center"
大学咨询中心
近义：college, varsity, faculty, pedagogical, scholastic, collegiate
faculty ['fæklti] 词频2 词根: fac
n. 能力，才能;全体教职员;<英>（大学的）专科，系;特权，特许;
💡 facul做 + ty表名词→ 会做东西 → 能力
"So far as I know, she has a faculty of housekeeping."
就我所知, 她很善于理家.
近义：aptitude, aptness, arbitration, jurisdiction, mastery, auctoritas 反义：impotence, inability, incapability, incompetence, incompetency, invalidity
college ['kɑlɪdʒ] 词频1 词根: 捆绑
n. 大学;（英国）学院;学会;（尤指必须交费的）中学;
"students involved in all forms of college athletics"
参加各种大学体育运动的学生
近义：university, varsity
interest ['intrist] 词频1 词根: 存在
n. 兴趣，爱好;利害关系，利益;利息;趣味，感兴趣的事; vt. 使产生兴趣;使参与，使加入;引起…的意愿;使产生关系;
💡 在最高级（est）之间（inter）容易产生 兴趣 在休息(rest)中间(inter)有 利息，真 有趣 在(in)特(te) 有趣的游戏里休息(rest)
"the awakening of interest in the environment"
对环境产生的兴趣
近义：absorb, wow, engross, enthuse, excite, fascinate 反义：overfatigue, overtire, overwork, pall, spend, tucker
students
n. （尤指大专院校的）学生（student的复数）
近义：class
becomes
v. 变为, 成为( become的第三人称单数 ); 适合; 使（人）显得漂亮; 使好看

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