academe

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the work that university teachers and students do – often used humorously 学术〔常为幽默用法〕

Examples from the Corpus

academe• Another novelty proposed by Alvey is the idea of demonstrator projects which would involve industry and academe in pooling their knowledge.• Thus ideas have come out of academe and are being implemented in the clinic.• Unless these deficiencies are corrected it will not matter how many ideas come out of academe.• The ideas are there; now they must come out of academe and into the clinic.• Some of our top scientists have been pulled from the world of academe.• His clumsy rage scandalised Dublin's academe.• Not finding that possible in the established routine of a firm practice, he retreated to academe.

nthe groves of Academe a humorous expression meaning the life of a student or teacher at a university, when this is thought of as being very quiet and not affected by the problems of ordinary life

Origin academe

(1500-1600) Modern Latin academia; → ACADEMIA

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BNC: 34103 COCA: 21378

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