alumni

IPA/əˈlʌmnaɪ/
KK[əlˈʌmnˌaɪ]IPA/əˈlʌmnaɪ/

alumni — 名詞

1. people who were once students enrolled at the same place of learning, typically

1.名詞B1
釋義

校友

曾就讀於同一學校的畢業生

people who were once students enrolled at the same place of learning, typically after graduating or otherwise leaving that institution

例句

Bao and his classmates attended the alumni reunion at their old high school last spring.

Bao 和同學們去年春天參加了高中母校的校友聚會。

collocation: alumni reunion

The music department invites its alumni to perform at the end-of-year concert.

音樂系邀請校友在年底音樂會上演出。

常見搭配
  • alumni reunion
  • alumni association
  • alumni magazine
  • alumni network
  • alumni newsletter
同義詞
  • graduates

    focuses on having completed a degree; more common in American English

  • former students

    broader — includes those who studied but did not graduate

  • alums

    informal shortened form; common in casual conversation

反義詞

用法筆記

Alumni is the plural form. For a single male graduate, use alumnus; for a single female graduate, use alumna. Informal contexts sometimes use alum for either gender.

常見錯誤

She is an alumni of National Taiwan University.
She is an alumna of National Taiwan University.
Alumni is plural; use alumna for a woman or alumnus for a man.
I visited my alumni last weekend.
I visited my alma mater last weekend.
Alumni refers to people, not the school building or campus.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • alumni association
  • alumni network
  • alumni office
  • alumni magazine

介系詞搭配

  • alumni of
  • alumni from