| 单词 | eleven-plus |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseleven-plus eleven-plus n. the age (between 11 and 12) at which pupils leave primary schools; also, an examination taken at the same stage before entering one of the various types of secondary schools. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [noun] > specific age yearOE scorea1400 seventeena1568 threescorea1616 jubileea1640 military age1656 legal age1658 tecnogoniaa1676 sixty1717 forty1732 fifty1738 seven-year-old1762 teen1789 septuagenarianism1824 sexagenarianism1824 day-old1831 seventeen-year-old1858 centenarianism1863 roaring forties1867 twenties1874 leaving age1875 school-leaving age1881 octogenarianism1883 reading age1906 three1909 teenage1912 eleven-plus1937 society > education > educational administration > school administration > [noun] > school leaving age > end of primary schooling eleven-plus1937 1937 E. Garnett Family from One End St. iii. 27 The age known in state educational circles as ‘eleven-plus’ (that year of destiny for all elementary school children with any ambition). 1945 Lancet 30 June 823/1 A universal age of entry at 11+ and a leaving age of 16 will go far. 1957 Listener 21 Nov. 853/2 The most helpful book that has so far appeared on ‘eleven plus’. 1957 Listener 21 Nov. 853/2 The so-called eleven plus examination. 1958 Economist 12 Apr. 99/1 Labour..turns to the Rent Act, the block grant, the ‘iniquitous eleven-plus’. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xi. 227 They [sc. children] are particularly conscientious about bringing charms to the 11-plus examination, the ‘scholarship’ as they call it, which determines whether they shall go on to a grammar school or to a secondary modern. < as lemmas |
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