A gap year is a year before going to college or university and after finishing high school or taking a year off before going into graduate school.

间隔年指的是高中毕业后进入大学前，或大学本科毕业后进入研究生学校前的一年。(现在也可指毕业后工作前的一年，或者工作中休息的一年。)

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A male graduate or former student of a school, college, or university.

男毕业生，男校友学校，学院或大学的男毕业生或以前的学生。

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A woman graduate or former student of a school, college, or university.

女毕业生，女校友学校，学院或大学的女毕业生或以前的学生。

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Most stop serious study as soon as they graduate from college or university and even those that continue to learn about their field do so in a haphazard, half hearted way.

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Prestige can simply and effectively signal to many different people that a graduate of Harvard College is much better educated or will add more value to a job than a graduate of Podunk College or even State University.

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