universities

英 [ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtiz]

美 [ˌjunəˈvɜrsətiz]

n.  (综合性)大学; 高等学府
university的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR; N-IN-NAMES （综合性）大学
  Auniversityis an institution where students study for degrees and where academic research is done.
  1. Patrick is now at London University...
     帕特里克现在就读于伦敦大学。
  2. They want their daughter to go to university, but they are also keen that she get a summer job...
     他们想要女儿上大学，但也希望她能打一份暑期工。
  3. The university refused to let Dick Gregory speak on campus.
     这所大学不让迪克·格雷戈里在校园里发表演说。

双语例句

• Universities are centers of culture.
  大学是文化中心。
• He hoped to strengthen the position of the sciences in the leading universities.
  他希望强化自然科学在一流大学里的地位。
• This move caused consternation among universities and the government, not to speak of the students affected.
  这个举措在大学和政府里造成了恐慌，更不用说受到影响的学生们了。
• Universities are facing grave problems because of diminishing resources
  由于资源的减少，大学正面临严峻的问题。
• Some universities would be forced to take more students than they wanted
  有些大学将被迫超计划招生。
• The increase in student numbers poses many problems for the universities.
  学生人数的增加给大学带来许多问题。
• Universities are very competitive for the best students.
  大学对优等生的争夺十分激烈。
• Britain's universities are set on a collision course with the government.
  英国的大学势必将与政府发生冲突。
• Universities are turning from academic to commercial sponsorship.
  各大学正从学术赞助转而寻求商业赞助。
• Many universities argued that students learned more when they were in classes out of choice rather than compulsion
  很多大学认为如果学生上课是出于自愿而不是被迫，那么他们学到的东西会更多。