undergraduate

/ˌʌndəˈɡrædʒuət/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌʌndərˈɡrædʒuət/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌən-dər-ˈgra-jə-wət -ˌwāt; -ˈgraj-wət/ (ame, mw)

undergraduate — noun

  • undergraduatesingular
  • undergraduatesplural

1. a person who has enrolled at a higher-education institution to obtain their firs

1.名詞B1
釋義

a person who has enrolled at a higher-education institution to obtain their first academic qualification, typically a bachelor's degree

例句

Vinícius is an undergraduate studying chemical engineering at the University of São Paulo.

undergraduate + studying [subject] at [institution]

As an undergraduate, Esme worked part-time in the campus library to pay for her books.

as an undergraduate — time-of-life reference

同義詞
  • student

    broader term that includes school, college, and university learners at any level

  • undergrad

    informal shortening, common in spoken English but rare in formal writing

  • college student

    more common in American English, can include students at two-year or community colleges

反義詞
  • graduate

    someone who has already completed a degree

  • postgraduate

    someone studying for an advanced degree beyond the bachelor's level

文法句型

undergraduate + in/at [institution]

undergraduate + studying [subject]

用法筆記

In Taiwan, this is commonly translated as 大學生 or 大學部學生 to distinguish from 研究生 (graduate student). People rarely shorten it to 'undergrad' in formal writing, though the abbreviation is common in casual speech.

常見錯誤

❌I am an undergraduate student at NTU.
✅I am an undergraduate at NTU.
💡Adding 'student' after 'undergraduate' is grammatically fine but redundant, since 'undergraduate' already means a type of student.
❌She is studying undergraduate in English.
✅She is an undergraduate studying English.
💡'Undergraduate' is a noun, not an adverb. Say you are 'an undergraduate' and then name your field.