单词 | private tutor |
释义 | > as lemmasprivate tutor c. private tutor (at the English Universities): A person engaged by students to assist them in their studies and preparation for the examinations, but not appointed or recognized by the University or College. Also, a person who makes it his business to prepare students for professional examinations apart from the universities, as an army tutor, a law tutor. ΚΠ 1827 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland i. 15 I was sent to a private tutor. 1840 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 498/1 Although recognised neither by the universities, nor by any particular college, a very numerous class has long existed both at Oxford and Cambridge, who, under the denomination of Private Tutors, superintend and assist the studies of individuals. 18841 [see sense 4a]. < as lemmas |
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