school of hard knocks
school
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /skuːl/ us /skuːl/
to train a person or animal to do something: 培养;训练
It takes a lot of patience to school a dog/horse.训练狗／马需要很强的耐心。
[ + to infinitive ]You must school yourself to be tolerant.你必须学会宽容。
[ Toften passive ]
to teach a child: 教育（孩子）
Her children are well schooled in correct behaviour.她的孩子受到了很好的行为教育。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Teaching in general
asynchronous
chief academic officer
CLIL
clue
clue in
didactic
hothouse
inculcate
miseducation
Moodle
multi-course
non-conditioned
non-didactic
popularize
sex ed
sex education
show/teach someone the ropesidiom
socialization
socializing
tutelage

school | American Dictionary

school
noun
us/skul/

schoolnoun (EDUCATION)

[ C/U ]
a place where people, esp. young people, are educated:
[ C ]a nursery/grade/elementary/secondary/graduate school
[ C ]What school do you go to?
[ U ]The kids walk to school.
[ C ]The whole school knew about the incident (= all the students and teachers at the school knew about it).
[ C/U ]
School also means the time spent in school:
[ U ]School is out early today.
[ C/U ]
School also means the process of being educated in a school:
[ U ]Krista starts school in the fall.
[ U ]I’ve got one more year of school left.
[ C/U ]
A school is also a part of a college or university specializing in a particular subject or group of subjects:
[ C ]Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
[ C/U ]
A school is also a place where a particular subject or skill is taught:
[ C ]a driving/dancing/art school
[ C/U ]
School is also a college or university:
[ U ]We went to school together in Atlanta.

schoolnoun (GROUP)

[ C ]
a group of artists, writers, or philosophers (= people with theories about existence) whose styles, methods, or ideas are similar:
Her painting belongs to the Impressionist school.

schoolnoun (SEA ANIMALS)

[ C ]
a large number of fish or other sea animals swimming in a group
school
verb[ T ]
us/skul/

schoolverb[T] (EDUCATE)

to train or teach:
She was schooled locally and then went away to college.

Examples of school

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Although establishing new schools is not permitted, there is always a loophole that can be exploited.
Assisted by his pupils from the local school, he continued his efforts until 1933.
In the school situation, pupils were interested in the learning experiences of other groups and wanted to do the same musical activities.
In this study, education beyond primary school had a protective effect against mortality.
A rapid review of the evidence base to support school nursing interventions is reported and developments for future research are indicated.
Records survive of another anxious parent requesting the removal of his offspring to the school.
Inspired by progressive practices, they stressed the connections between learning inside the school and life outside it.
Thus, it appears that for school-age children there may be a tension between telling a coherent story and including specific evaluative comments.
This provides a framework (via a set of tasks) for school-based information-gathering prior to teaching practice.
Table 6 shows that 60 per cent already had a strong commitment to teaching when they left school.
For 5 or 6 weeks, each organiser remains in the one locality in the daytime working in the school, in the evening teaching teachers.
Student teachers may be placed in schools where music is taught well and generously resourced.
What should be taught and learnt at school?
One problem is certainly motivation: the language is taught at school in a way that does not encourage active use or involvement.
In primary schools, the class teacher teaches all the subjects in the curriculum to the class, regardless of his preferences, flair and interests.
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Collocations withschool

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accredited school
Criminal penalties may apply should such a degree be fraudulently presented in lieu of one from an accredited school.
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