academy

　　n.

　　专科院校 a school or college for special training; a school for training in a special art or skill

　　研究院; 学会 a type of official organization which aims to encourage and develop art, literature, science, etc.

　　中等学校; 私立学校 a secondary school in Scotland or a private school in the US

　　同义词

　　n. honorary society

　　词汇辨析

　　college，university，institute，school，academy

　　这些名词均含有 学院，大学 之意

　　college 多指大学内的学院，分科学院或科目较少的高等学校

　　university 主要指综合大学，一般由多个学院组成。当泛指大学时通常用college表示

　　institute 指设立有专门学科的学院，如外语学院、地质学院、建筑学院等

　　school 指大学所属的学院或系

　　academy 指专科院校或研究专门学术的学校

　　参考例句

　　1. This is an academy of music.

　　这是一所音乐专科学院

　　2. Which works will win Academy Awards?

　　哪部作品将获得学院奖?

　　3. A student of circus arts performs for her graduation at an academy in Melbourne, Australia.

　　在澳大利亚墨尔本一学院，一个马戏艺术的学生，为她毕业表演

　　辨析

　　1.N-COUNT Academy is sometimes used in the names of schools and colleges, especially those specializing in particular subjects or skills, or private high schools in the United States. 有时用于 院校或美国私立中学名称中

　　例：He is an English teacher at the Seattle Academy for Arts and Sciences.

　　他是西雅图文理学院的一名英语老师

　　2.N-IN-NAMES Academy appears in the names of some societies formed to improve or maintain standards in a particular field. 用于专业学术团体名称中

　　例：...the American Academy of Psychotherapists.

　　美国心理治疗师学会

　　常见用法

　　用作名词

　　He is a student in an academy of music.

　　他是一所音乐学院的学生

　　He was expelled from the Academy of Sciences.

　　他被科学院开除了

　　The Royal Academy is regarded as the sanctuary by artists.

　　英国皇家艺术学会被艺术家视为圣殿

　　After graduating from Whittier Academy, my mother went on to Whittier College.

　　我母亲从惠蒂尔专科学校毕业后，进了惠蒂尔学院

　　Sichuan Art Junior College is the precursor of Sichuan Fine Arts College and Sichuan Academy of Music.

　　四川省艺术专科学校是四川美术学院和四川音乐学院的前身