academy
- IPA[əˈkadəmi]
英式
- a place of study or training in a special field；a place of study
noun: academy, plural noun: academies
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a place of study or training in a special field a police academy
- ▪ dated a place of study he was educated privately at academies in Margate
- ▪ (in England) an inner-city school which is funded by the government and sometimes also by a private individual or organization but is not controlled by the local authority.
- ▪ US, Scottish a secondary school, in the US typically a private one Mark left St Andrews Academy with five highers, and studied maths at Glasgow University
- ▪ the teaching school founded by Plato.
- 2. a society or institution of distinguished scholars and artists or scientists that aims to promote and maintain standards in its particular field the Royal Academy of Arts
