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one of the two periods that the school or college year is divided into 学期(一学年分两个学期) the spring/fall semester 春季/秋季学期
Extra ExamplesTopics Timeb1, Educationb1I spent a semester at the University of Madrid. 我在马德里大学待了一个学期。 I was finishing my last semester in college and trying to look for a job. 我当时即将结束最后一个学期的大学生活,正想找份工作。 The new semester started on February 3. 新学期 2 月 3 日开始。 The semester break had begun. 期中假期已经开始。 The total curriculum is 54 semester hours. 全部课程长度为 54 学时。 students completing all eight semesters of the program 完成该课程全部 8 个学期学习的学生 the end of the first-semester course 第一学期课程收尾阶段
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- second
- fall
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- spend
- begin
- complete
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- begin
- start
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- break
- hour
- credit hours
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Word Originearly 19th cent.: from German Semester, from Latin semestris ‘six-monthly’, from sex ‘six’ + mensis ‘month’.