finishing school

英 [ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ skuːl]

美 [ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ skuːl]

n.  精修学校(为富家女子学习上流社会行为所办的私立学校)

牛津词典

noun

• 精修学校（为富家女子学习上流社会行为所办的私立学校）
  a private school where young women from rich families are taught how to behave in fashionable society

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR (教授有钱人家或上流社会年轻女孩礼仪及其他社交技能的)女子精修学校，淑女学堂
  Afinishing schoolis a private school where rich or upper-class young women are taught manners and other social skills that are considered to be suitable for them.
  1. ...a Swiss finishing school.
     一所瑞士女子精修学校
  2. ...where the Princess of Wales attended finishing school.
     威尔士王妃上精修学校的地方

英英释义

noun

• a private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities

双语例句

• Of these, 78 percent immediately entered college after finishing high school.
  其中，78%的人在毕业后就立即进入大学。
• At what is being billed as the world's first finishing school for gentlemen, learning how to set the cutlery can be just as tricky as the fly fishing.
  日前，英国出现了第一家男士家政学校。学校在教会男士掌握垂钓和捕猎技巧的同时，还将教授他们如何摆放餐具等基本的餐桌礼仪。
• It's not just government bureaucrats who are seeking out polish from the new school, which in effect combines elements of a finishing school with business manners for women.
  到这所新学校来提升修养的不仅仅是政府工作人员，因为这所学校也将女性商业礼仪融入了其精修课程中。
• After finishing high school in Turkey in 1971, he studied economics at the University of hull and for an MBA at Cass Business School in London.
  1971年，在土耳其完成高中学业后，他赴赫尔大学（universityofhull）攻读经济学，然后在伦敦卡斯商学院（cassbusinessschool）读mba。
• We have to go on learning new things and skills after finishing school.
  完成学业之后我们还得继续学习新的事物。
• Since he found no understanding of his music talents in his family, after finishing school Darren decided to study medicine seriously-be either a vet or a teacher.
  他的音乐才华还未被家人发掘，当他完成学业，他想认真地读一读医药，他想成为兽医或者教师。
• The teacher told her, if she would not come now, she would have to come in the afternoon after finishing school.
  老师就告诉她，如果现在不来，那她就必须下午放学后来。
• So I continued to build my life, keeping a job, paying rent, and eventually finishing high school.
  所以我继续着我的生活，工作、付房租，直到最后完成高中学业。
• My son was finishing high school, and I was looking forward to my daughter's return from college for the summer.
  儿子即将高中毕业，我也在期盼着女儿从大学回来过暑假。
• I'm running a fighting ship, not a finishing school!
  我主持的是战舰，而不是渔民学校！