the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university (尤指学校或大学的)教育,培养 a course of education. 一个教育课程。 ■the theory and practice of teaching 教学 colleges of education. 教育学院。 ■[count noun]a body of knowledge acquired while being educated 通过教育得到的知识,受到的教育 his education is encyclopedic and eclectic. 他受到的教育广博而且兼收并蓄。 ■information about or training in a particular field or subject (某领域或学科的)知识;训练 health education. 健康教育。 ■(an education)(figurative)an enlightening experience (喻)启发,启迪 it would have been an education to have been in the House when the Minister spoke. 在议院听部长讲话本应颇受启发。
派生 educationist noun 语源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin educatio(n-), from the verb educare (see educate)