| 单词 | university seat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasuniversity seat university seat n. (a) the site or location of a university; (b) British Parliament the seat (seat n. 6c) of a university member (now historical); (c) an admission place for a student at a university. ΚΠ 1806 J. Playfair Let. to Author Exam. Prof. Stewart's Statem. Facts 32 For professors to accept of livings at a distance from the University seat. 1861 Times 4 July 8/3 In other days there was scarcely such a thing as a struggle for a University seat. The member who was in held it for life. 1954 Phylon 15 162 Unless the number of available jobs and university seats is actually increased it seems almost inevitable that elevation of the depressed castes can be achieved only at the expense of some of the higher castes. 1989 C. H. McCormick Nest of Vipers iii. 77 A West Virginia University anatomy professor..was fired..at a meeting held 125 miles from its accustomed location, the university seat. 1999 S. Ball in C. M. Headlam Parl. & Politics in Age of Churchill & Attlee Introd. 33 A leading front-bencher whose University seat was to be abolished at the end of the Parliament. 2008 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 6 Sept. 1 A higher bar for entry..will only send more qualified students to community colleges, and the competition for university seats will heighten anxiety. < as lemmas |
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