semester

semester — noun

1. each half of a school or university year, typically about fifteen to eighteen we

1.名詞B1
釋義

each half of a school or university year, typically about fifteen to eighteen weeks long; US institutions usually offer a fall semester and a spring semester.

例句

Walid enrolled in five courses for the fall semester at UCLA.

collocation: fall semester / spring semester

Jiwoo received her final grades at the end of the spring semester.

collocation: end of the semester

同義詞
  • term

    used in British and some Commonwealth education systems; usually refers to one of three periods per year rather than two

  • trimester

    a division of the academic year into three equal parts; less common than semester in US universities but used by some schools

  • quarter

    a division into four periods of about ten weeks each, used at some US universities (e.g., the University of Chicago)

文法句型

fall/spring/summer + semester

first/next/last + semester

during/in + [article] + semester

用法筆記

In American English, the academic year is commonly divided into a fall semester (August–December) and a spring semester (January–May), with an optional shorter summer semester. In British English, the equivalent word is term, which usually refers to one of three periods per year.

常見錯誤

❌In the UK, students attend school for two semesters each year.
✅In the UK, students attend school for three terms each year.
💡British schools use 'term', not 'semester', for academic periods.
❌During last semester I took five classes during last semester.
✅Last semester I took five classes.
💡'last semester' already indicates when; do not repeat it with 'during'.