Tutelage



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.监护, 指导
• ［英］ n.监护, 指导 ( serving as guardian or protector)
• ［记］ tutel ( 教导, 监督) +age -> 监护
• ［同］ 同根词: tutor ( 家庭教师, 导师) ;tutee ( 受辅导者)
• ［例］ Private tutelage helped her pass calculus.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Latin tutela protection, guardian (from tutari to protect, frequentative of tueri to look at, guard) + English -age
• Date: 1605
• 1.
  • a. an act or process of serving as guardian or protector ; guardianship
  • b. hegemony over a foreign territory ; trusteeship 2
• 2. the state of being under a guardian or tutor
• 3.
  • a. instruction especially of an individual
  • b. a guiding influence <a business under the tutelage of a new director>

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