我認(rèn)為不這樣單獨(dú)的解釋.
university這個(gè)詞是universe宇宙的衍生詞,universe也可指世間萬(wàn)物,大學(xué)建立的初衷就是為了讓學(xué)生們可以得到非常全面的教育.
而universe可以用詞根來(lái)解釋：uni-統(tǒng)一,verse-旋轉(zhuǎn)
而去e為i,加上ty 是常見(jiàn)的名詞衍生方法.
university
[,ju:ni'və:səti]
n.
1.the body of faculty and
students at a university
2.establishment where a
seat of higher learning is housed,including administrative and living quarters
as well as facilities for research and teaching
3.a large and diverse
institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession
and to grant degrees