Grammar school
Slang Term
British
★★★★☆ Common
Neutral
含义: Selective state secondary school (UK)
择优录取的公立中学（英国）
Centro público de enseñanza secundaria selectiva (Reino Unido)
選抜制の公立中等学校（英国）
선발제 공립 중등학교 (영국)
Academically selective state schools that historically educated bright working and middle-class children. A marker of meritocratic class mobility.
按学术成绩择优录取的公立学校，历史上为聪明的工人阶级和中产阶级的孩子提供教育。是精英教育体制下阶层流动的标志。
Colegios públicos con selección por mérito académico que históricamente educaron a niños brillantes de clase obrera y media. Un marcador de movilidad social meritocrática.
学力による選抜を行う公立学校で、歴史的に優秀な労働者階級や中流階級の子どもたちを教育してきた。実力主義的な階級上昇の象徴。
역사적으로 우수한 노동자 계층과 중산층 자녀를 교육했던 학력 기반 선발제 공립학교. 능력주의적 계층 이동의 상징이다.
例句
- Went to the local grammar school. 上了当地的文法学校fue al grammar school del barrio地元のグラマースクールに通った동네 그래머 스쿨에 다녔다.
- Grammar school boy made good. 文法学校出身的孩子出人头地了un chico del grammar school que triunfóグラマースクール出身の少年が成功した그래머 스쿨 출신 소년이 성공했다.
- The grammar school generation. 文法学校那一代la generación del grammar schoolグラマースクール世代그래머 스쿨 세대.
发音
用法指南
语境: education, class discussion
语气: factual, sometimes nostalgic
✓ 正确说法
- Grammar school educated文法学校毕业的educado en un grammar schoolグラマースクール教育を受けた그래머 스쿨 출신의
- Old grammar school老文法学校el viejo grammar school古いグラマースクール오래된 그래머 스쿨
✗ 错误说法
- Political topic—debates about selection政治敏感话题，涉及择优录取的争论Tema político: debates sobre la selección por mérito政治的な話題で、選抜制度についての議論がある정치적 주제—선발제에 대한 논쟁
常见错误
- Confusing with American usage (= primary school)
起源与历史
Originally schools teaching Latin grammar (medieval), evolved into selective state secondary schools. Many converted to comprehensive schools in the 1960s-70s.
词源: Grammar (Latin) + school
最早记录: Medieval origin, modern meaning post-1944
文化背景
Era: Post-1944 especially
Generation: All generations
Social background: Social mobility marker
Pop culture: Education debates
Regional notes: British education system.
变体
Grammar schoolGrammar school boy/girl
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