College和University的区别不仅仅是学院和大学的区别那么简单！_BEC初级作文

College和University的区别不仅仅是学院和大学的区别那么简单！

College和university的区别是否就是国内学院和大学的区别？University是否比college高大上呢？答案是：不一定。

Going off to college is a milestone in any young adult’s life. The phrase itself conjures up images of newfound independence, exposure to new perspectives, knowledge, and possibly even one or more sips of alcohol.

上大学对任何一个年轻人来说都是人生大事。上大学这个短语让人想起新获得的独立、接触到的新视角、新知识，也许还能让人想起初尝酒的滋味。

conjure up: 想起，使在脑海中显现

College和University的区别不仅仅是学院和大学的区别那么简单！1

In America, however, few people use the phrase “going off to university,” or “headed to university,” even if they are indeed about to set off for, say, Harvard University. Why did college become the predominant term for postsecondary education? And is there any difference between the two institutions?

然而，在美国，很少有人用university来泛指“大学”，即使他们上的是哈佛大学。为什么college成为指代中学后教育时普遍使用的术语？这两种机构之间有什么区别吗？

While university appears to be the older of the two terms, dating as far back as the 13th century, schools and students in North America have embraced college to describe most places of higher learning. There is no rigid definition of the words, but there are some general attributes for each. A college is typically a four-year school that offers undergraduate degrees like an associate or a bachelor’s. (Community colleges are often two-year schools.) They don’t typically offer master’s or doctorates, and the size of their student body is typically the smaller of the two.