alma mater
alma mater — 名詞
1. An educational institution where someone once studied and usually graduated from
母校
自己曾就讀的學校
An educational institution where someone once studied and usually graduated from — a person often calls it my alma mater to express loyalty or affection toward it.
Talia went back to her alma mater to speak at the graduation ceremony.
Talia 回到母校，在畢業典禮上致詞。
possessive pronoun + alma mater (institution)
Andrew donates to his alma mater every year to help students pay for school.
Andrew 每年捐款給母校，幫助學生支付學費。
verb pattern: donate to + alma mater
The university asked Nala to return to her alma mater for the alumni dinner.
那所大學邀請 Nala 回到母校參加校友晚宴。
Jin feels proud every time he tells people his alma mater is National Taiwan University.
每當 Jin 告訴別人他的母校是國立臺灣大學時，他都感到驕傲。
Many graduates keep in touch with their alma mater through the alumni association.
許多畢業生透過校友會與母校保持聯繫。
- school
more general; alma mater implies personal history and loyalty
- university
specific to higher education; alma mater can also refer to secondary schools
- college
used mainly in American English for higher-education institutions
文法句型
possessive + alma mater
用法筆記
Typically used with a possessive determiner such as my, your, his, her, its, or their. The word is singular; the plural form almae matres is sometimes used but uncommon in everyday English.
常見錯誤
2. A piece of music that a learning institution adopts as its own official song, pe
校歌
學校的官方歌曲
A piece of music that a learning institution adopts as its own official song, performed at formal occasions such as graduation day or alumni gatherings to build a shared sense of belonging.
The choir sang the alma mater at the start of the homecoming football game.
合唱團在返校足球賽開始時演唱了校歌。
sing + alma mater (song sense)
Graduates stood together to sing their college's alma mater one final time.
畢業生們一起站起來，最後一次唱他們大學的校歌。
possessive + alma mater (song)
Every morning the high school plays its alma mater over the speakers.
每天早上，那所高中都會透過擴音器播放校歌。
Maeve learned the words to her university's alma mater during orientation week.
Maeve 在新生訓練期間記住了她大學校歌的歌詞。
The alma mater echoed through the old hall as the ceremony came to a close.
典禮接近尾聲時，校歌在古老的大廳中迴盪。
- anthem
more general; can refer to national or organizational songs
- hymn
suggests a religious tone; alma mater is not necessarily religious
- fight song
specifically for sports events; alma mater is more ceremonial
文法句型
the + alma mater
singular noun