academia

academia — noun

1. the wider community of universities, scholars, and researchers, and the work of

1.名詞C1
釋義

the wider community of universities, scholars, and researchers, and the work of teaching and producing knowledge that goes on inside it.

例句

After ten years in academia, Dr. Patel left her university post to join a tech company.

in academia for the university world as a sphere

Many young scientists feel that academia rewards long hours more than original ideas.

academia as collective subject of a verb

同義詞
  • academe

    same meaning but more literary and old-fashioned

  • the academic world

    plainer everyday phrase with the same scope

  • scholarship

    focuses on the activity of advanced study rather than the community

  • higher education

    stresses the teaching and degree side, less about research culture

反義詞
  • industry

    business and commercial workplaces, often contrasted with university research

  • the private sector

    for-profit companies, used when contrasting career paths

文法句型

in academia

leave academia for [career]

用法筆記

Uncountable and used without 'the': say 'in academia', not 'in the academia'. Subject is usually the whole scholarly community, not one school or person.

常見錯誤

❌She works in the academia.
✅She works in academia.
💡'academia' is uncountable and takes no article.
❌Our school is a famous academia.
✅Our school is a famous university.
💡'academia' refers to the whole world of higher learning, not a single institution.