2024年2月7日 星期三

upperclassman, sophomore, cognizant. flocking to the Yard in full force to participate

我們在高中或大一時,懂得大一生freshman 、大二生、大三junior、大四senior的英文。
那時候,不知道高中生二年級的英文也叫sophomore,今天才注意到:


Snowfall Does Not Chill Housing Day Spirit



We should all try to be more cognizant of the issue and redouble our efforts to make homelessness a thing of the past.

cognizant

Syllabification: cog·ni·zant
Pronunciation: /ˈkägnəzənt/ (also cognisant)

adjective

[predic.] formal
  • Having knowledge or being aware of: statesmen must be cognizant of the political boundaries within which they work
    More example sentences
    • For the first time since she had left the fort, she looked fully alive to him, cognizant, aware that she existed.
    • People should be cognizant and aware of what's going on around them.
    • ‘We're very cognisant and sensitive of the fact that we're reaching a large audience of varying demographics and we really don't want to shock people in a visceral way,’ he says.

Origin

early 19th century: probably directly from cognizance.

sophomore

Syllabification: soph·o·more
Pronunciation: /ˈsäf(ə)ˌmôr /

noun

US

Origin

mid 17th century: perhaps from earlier sophumer, from sophum, sophom (obsolete variants of sophism) + -er1.

upperclassman

Syllabification: up·per·class·man
Pronunciation: /ˌəpərˈklasmən/

noun (plural upperclassmen)

US A junior or senior in high school or college.   More example sentences
  • The prom, I'd found out a few weeks ago, was a dance for upperclassmen at her high school.
  • It began during my freshman year in college when an upperclassman during orientation told our group we had to learn how to juggle.
  • It reminds everyone of the rigid service academy structure, inherited from British boys' schools like Eton, in which upperclassmen dominate their juniors.

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