finishing school

英 [ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ skuːl]

美 [ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ skuːl]

n.  精修学校(为富家女子学习上流社会行为所办的私立学校)

牛津词典

noun

• 精修学校（为富家女子学习上流社会行为所办的私立学校）
  a private school where young women from rich families are taught how to behave in fashionable society

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR (教授有钱人家或上流社会年轻女孩礼仪及其他社交技能的)女子精修学校，淑女学堂
  Afinishing schoolis a private school where rich or upper-class young women are taught manners and other social skills that are considered to be suitable for them.
  1. ...a Swiss finishing school.
     一所瑞士女子精修学校
  2. ...where the Princess of Wales attended finishing school.
     威尔士王妃上精修学校的地方

英英释义

noun

• a private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities

双语例句

• If a teenager already has the knowledge and the smarts to graduate from high school, according to this logic, he doesn't need to waste his time actually finishing high school.
  如果一个十几岁的青少年已经具备从高中毕业的知识与头脑，那么依据这种逻辑，他就不必把时间浪费在实实在在读完高中上。
• She proceeds with how to tackle stairs ( on the toes) and the secrets of seductive hip-wiggling ( arm-swinging); I feel as if I am at a finishing school for femmes fatales.
  她接着又教我如何（用脚趾）对付台阶，以及充满诱惑力的扭臀（摆臂）秘诀；我感觉自己就好像置身于一所蛇蝎美女精修学校一样。
• It's not just government bureaucrats who are seeking out polish from the new school, which in effect combines elements of a finishing school with business manners for women.
  到这所新学校来提升修养的不仅仅是政府工作人员，因为这所学校也将女性商业礼仪融入了其精修课程中。
• He had helped Mother to see me when she was finishing school in New Orleans.
  母亲在新奥尔良上学时，他曾帮助母亲回来看望我。
• Accusing her of displaying a staggering lack of grace, she used her to consider attending a finishing school.
  在指责她举止不优雅后她甚至建议她去女子精修学校学习。
• I'm running a fighting ship, not a finishing school!
  我主持的是战舰，而不是渔民学校！
• After finishing high school in Turkey in 1971, he studied economics at the University of hull and for an MBA at Cass Business School in London.
  1971年，在土耳其完成高中学业后，他赴赫尔大学（universityofhull）攻读经济学，然后在伦敦卡斯商学院（cassbusinessschool）读mba。
• Since he found no understanding of his music talents in his family, after finishing school Darren decided to study medicine seriously-be either a vet or a teacher.
  他的音乐才华还未被家人发掘，当他完成学业，他想认真地读一读医药，他想成为兽医或者教师。
• Analysis on psychological condition of the students of secondary health school before finishing school
  中等卫校学生毕业前心理状况分析
• Other students hope to continue studying after finishing school and to go to university.
  其他的学生希望在毕业后继续学习并且去上大学。