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单词 school-leaving age
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school-leaving age in British English

(ˌskuːlˈliːvɪŋ eɪdʒ)
noun
the minimum age that children are legally allowed to leave school - in Britain and the United States, this is 16
Many pupils stayed on for specialized sixth-form work well beyond the minimum school-leavingage.
One recommendation was to raise the school-leaving age to 18.

Examples of 'school-leaving age' in a sentence
school-leaving age

He won't necessarily be moving out at school-leaving age, never to return.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The school-leaving age is to be raised to 18.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It will also finance raising the school-leaving age from 16 to 18 and provide 1.2million more university places.
The Sun (2007)
Do you have any thoughts on the practicality of raising of the school-leaving age to 18?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Players may be offered a two-year apprenticeship once they reach the statutory school-leaving age (16).
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Our government has just raised the school-leaving age to 17, beginning with pupils who started secondary school last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It led to the school-leaving age being raised to 16 and the advent of comprehensive education.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The school-leaving age should be reduced to, say, 14, on condition that basic 'survival' skills, appropriate to the modern world, have been acquired.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
That they value learning beyond statutory school-leaving age, yes, but also that they are prepared to provide a place of refuge and escape.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
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