American EnglishAmESEC a college or university where you can study for a master’s degree or a doctorate after receiving your first degree, or the period of time when you study for these degrees 研究生院;攻读研究生的时期
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graduate school• He would also be a marvelous attraction for a graduate school of almost any-thing.• I started graduate school two days after we got married.• In the United States the graduate school is the majorarena of pedagogic activity and intellectual life.• She graduated with very good grades and went on to graduate school.• I went to graduate school so I could have a careerteachingliterature.• I had just finished a seven-year graduate school degree.