university: [14] The etymological notion underlying a university is that it denotes the ‘whole’ number of those belonging to it. The word comes via Old French universite from Latin ūniversitās, which was derived from ūniversus (source of English universe). This originally meant the ‘whole’, but in the postclassical period it was applied to guilds and other such associations, referring to the ‘totality’ of their membership. These included societies of teachers and students, from which the modern meaning of university emerged. => universe
university (n.)
c. 1300, "institution of higher learning," also "body of persons constituting a university," from Anglo-French université, Old French universite "universality; academic community" (13c.), from Medieval Latin universitatem (nominative universitas), "the whole, aggregate," in Late Latin "corporation, society," from universus "whole, entire" (see universe). In the academic sense, a shortening of universitas magistrorum et scholarium "community of masters and scholars;" superseded studium as the word for this. The Latin word also is the source of Spanish universidad, German universität, Russian universitetŭ, etc.
实用例句
1. His beautifully illustrated book well attested his love of the university.
他那本带有精美插图的书见证了他对大学的热爱。
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2. They had met by chance at university and finished up getting married.
他们在大学偶遇，最后结了婚。
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3. I gradually got rather disillusioned with the whole setup of the university.
渐渐地，我对大学的整个体制感到相当失望。
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4. As mentioned earlier, the University supplements this information with an interview.
如前所述，大学将通过面试对这一信息进行补充。
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5. In 1973, the first Open University graduates received their degrees.
