dropout

英 [ˈdrɒpaʊt]

美 [ˈdrɑːpaʊt]

n. 辍学者; 退学者; 拒绝传统社会的人

复数：dropouts　

BNC.34260 / COCA.7969

牛津词典

noun

辍学者；退学者
a person who leaves school or college before they have finished their studies
1. college dropouts
  大学肄业生
2. a university with a high dropout rate
  退学率高的大学
拒绝传统社会的人
a person who rejects the ideas and ways of behaving that are accepted by the rest of society

离经叛道者;摈弃社会习俗者
If you describe someone as adrop-out, you disapprove of the fact that they have rejected the accepted ways of society, for example by not having a regular job.
N-COUNT 辍学者;退学者
Adrop-outis someone who has left school or college before they have finished their studies.
1. ...high-school drop-outs.
  中学退学者
ADJ 退学的;辍学的;中途放弃的
If you refer to thedrop-outrate, you are referring to the number of people who leave a school or college early, or leave a course or other activity before they have finished it.
1. The drop-out rate among students is currently one in three.
  现在学生的辍学率是三分之一。

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