单词 | honours course |
释义 | > as lemmashonours course a. General attributive (in sense 5c), as honours course, honours thesis, etc. Cf. Compounds 1a. ΚΠ 1860 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. July 8 Those [papers] for the honours students have indeed the appearance of being difficult beyond the ordinary measure of a matriculation test. 1869 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 3 July The honours paper could only be successfully answered by those possessed of a large acquaintance with the subject. 1881 Times 28 Sept. 3/4 (advt.) Tuition in English, Classics, Mathematics, French, German (acquired abroad), by Honours Graduate. 1911 Kerry Archaeol. Mag. 1 301 Butcher made it his business to become personally acquainted with his pupils, at least with the members of his Honours class. 1932 C. S. Boucher in K. McHale & G. M. Whipple Changes & Exper. in Liberal-Arts Educ. ii. 21 One of the most noteworthy examples of special treatment for leading students has swept across the country in the form of honors courses. 1962 German Q. 35 4 Three such students..chose this past year to pursue the honors program with German as their major. 1994 A. Wells & S. Macintyre in B. Symons et al. Communism in Austral. ix. 206/2 Honours theses..are generally not held in university libraries. 2005 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 Apr. w19 Honors seminars are limited to 20 students and emphasize critical thinking. < as lemmas |
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