单词 | common entrance exam |
释义 | > as lemmasCommon Entrance Exam Common Entrance n. (also with lower-case initials) British Education (also more fully Common Entrance Exam, Common Entrance Examination) a standardized examination taken (typically at age 13) by pupils wishing to enter certain selective, usually independent (esp. public) schools in Britain; abbreviated CE. ΚΠ 1904 Mod. Lang. Q. 7 174/1 The report of the Sub-Committee appointed to confer with the Public Schools Common Entrance Examination Board was put before the Committee and approved. 1917 Times 17 Aug. 12/2 Wanted, a Tutor for the holidays for boy going up for common entrance exam. 1933 ‘E. Cambridge’ Hostages to Fortune iii. ii. 151 There was no common entrance, no public school for the backward youngster. 2005 L. Kellaway Who moved my Blackberry? (2006) i. 10 He's doing Common Entrance this year—we've put him down for Eton, and according to his head teacher, he's expected to walk it. < as lemmas |
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