单词 | dropout |
释义 | dropout (drɒpaʊt ) also drop-out Word forms: dropouts 1. countable noun If you describe someone as a dropout, you disapprove of the fact that they have rejected the accepted ways of society, for example, by not having a regular job. [disapproval] ...long-haired, dope-smoking dropouts. 2. countable noun A dropout is someone who has left school or college before they have finished their studies. ...high-school dropouts. 3. adjective [ADJ n] If you refer to the dropout 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. The dropout rate among students is currently one in three. Collocations: school dropout This commitment to science runs counter to the way he was first represented by the press: a school dropout who had accidentally sparked a national movement. Times, Sunday Times (2007) I'm a beauty school dropout. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Before any of this happened I was a high school dropout who worked in a warehouse. The Sun (2010) Translations: Chinese: 离经叛道者, 退学, 退学的, 离经叛道者 Japanese: 脱落者, 中退者, 中退の, 脱落者 |
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