drop-out

英 [drɒp aʊt]

美 [drɑːp aʊt]

n.  逃避现实社会的人; 中途退出者; 退学者; 落后者; （磁带上的）信息漏失点; 中途退学的人

复数：drop-outs　

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柯林斯词典

• 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。

双语例句

• Professor Edward Baranowski of California State University said that the results reflected the "horrific" drop-out rates of US high schools.
  加利福尼亚州立大学的爱德华·巴拉诺维斯基教授说，调查结果反映出美国中学“可怕”的辍学率。
• Twelve years ago, Jason Padgett was a college drop-out working at his dad's furniture store when a mugging at a Tacoma, Washington karaoke bar changed his life forever.
  12年前，贾森帕吉特辍学了，离开大学后他在父亲的家具店工作。然而在华盛顿K歌吧发生的一起行凶抢劫案彻底改变了他的人生。
• The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ranks England's drop-out rates as among the worst among industrialised countries.
  在经济合作与发展组织进行的排名中，英国的辍学率在工业化国家中排在“最糟糕”的行列。
• Children with disabilities are less likely to start school than nondisabled children and have higher drop-out rates.
  同健全儿童相比，残疾儿童上学的可能性更低，辍学率更高。
• Since 2008, when treatment became free, the drop-out rate has come down almost to zero.
  2008年起，医保免去了乳腺癌治疗费，放弃治疗的比例几乎降为零。
• Bill Gates is a college drop-out.
  比尔盖茨是大学辍学学生。
• "There was a big drop-out rate before because of child labor and children having to take care of other children," she said," Now there is a big increase in attendance."
  “过去，由于使用童工及孩子们需要照顾弟弟妹妹，因此辍学率很高，”他说：“但现在入学率提高了很多。”
• Link payments to test results or graduation rates, the argument goes, and test scores should increase and drop-out rates decline.
  推而广之，如果将奖励与测试结果或者毕业率相挂钩，那么测试分数将会升高而辍学率则会下降。
• The Research of Low Drop-out Linear Regulator Based on CMOS Technology
  基于CMOS工艺的低压差线性稳压器研究
• Oxfam estimated that 14 million Indian children were not going to school at all and the drop-out rate in primary education was 38 per cent in 2004.
  英国乐施会（Oxfam）估计，1400万印度儿童从未受过教育，而初等教育的退学率在2004年时高达38%。