| 单词 | open university |
| 释义 | > as lemmasopen university open university n. a university having few if any restrictions on admission; spec. (with capital initials) a university founded in the United Kingdom in 1969 which accepts students regardless of previous qualifications, offers degrees by distance learning, and uses a range of teaching media (esp. correspondence, broadcasting, and information technology); any similar institution. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > college or university > [noun] > university > specific university Oxon.c1439 Oxford1455 Sorbonne1560 aunt1625 T.C.D.1831 other place1899 open university1902 U.C.L.a1912 University of the Air1922 U.C.L.A.1941 U.C.D.1955 OU1969 open1970 College of the Air1977 1902 W. N. Dixon Trinity College, Dublin viii. 188 Called for the reforms which have made it an ‘open university’. 1958 Ann. Reg. 1957 95 The so-called ‘open’ universities, Cape Town and the Witwatersrand, had a long tradition of admitting non-Europeans. 1966 New Statesman 14 Oct. 548/3 The Open University..is the latest and most impressive offspring of the founders of ACE (Advisory Centre for Education). 1979 Univ. Affairs (Ottawa) 19/1 The Canadian experience focuses on the problems and planning requirements at the two open universities created in Canada during the 1970s. 2001 PC Gamer Oct. 54/2 The word ‘genre’ itself was only ever uttered by poncy badger-bearded literature profs on Open University transmissions. < as lemmas |
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