英汉词典

1. 大学;学院;专科学校
    A college is an institution where students study after they have left school.

    e.g. Their daughter Joanna is doing business studies at a local college...
           他们的女儿乔安娜在当地的一所学院念商科。
    e.g. Stephanie took up making jewellery after leaving art college this summer...
           斯蒂芬妮今年夏天离开艺术学院后开始从事珠宝制作。

2. (英国某些大学设立的)学院
    A college is one of the institutions which some British universities are divided into.

    e.g. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford.
           他上的是牛津大学的贝利奥尔学院。

3. (美国某些大学的专科)学院
    At some universities in the United States, colleges are divisions which offer degrees in particular subjects.

    e.g. ...a professor at the University of Florida College of Law.
           佛罗里达大学法学院的一位教授

4. (用于英国某些收费中学的名称中)中学，公学
    College is used in Britain in the names of some secondary schools which charge fees.

    e.g. In 1854, Cheltenham Ladies' College became the first girls' public school.
           1854年，切尔滕纳姆女子中学成为第一所女子公学。

5. 学会;协会;社团
    A college of a particular kind is an organized group of people who have special duties and powers.

    e.g. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians...
           他是皇家内科医师协会的成员。
    e.g. There is a college of international supervisors working together.
           一群来自世界各地的主管在一起工作。