Mar 11, 2023 09:21
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English term

to seem more exclusive than it really is

English to Chinese Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
THE BEST American universities wish to be ruthlessly discriminating on academic merit—and beacons for diversity on everything else. Trying to accomplish both at once can prompt mistakes. Lately Columbia University, an Ivy League member in New York, has been making a lot of them. Last year it admitted to submitting incorrect data to a collegerankings outfit in a bid [to seem more exclusive than it really is]. And on March 1st, in a bid to seem more inclusive than it is, Columbia said it would drop the requirement for applicants to submit standardised exam scores.

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故意给人一种比实际更为严格的印象

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agree Bo Peng
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1 day 3 hrs

夸大它的精英定位

“exclusive”对应的应该是原文开头的“ruthlessly discriminating on academic merit”,也就是说这所学校想给予外界一种所有学生都是百里挑一的假象。
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1 day 10 hrs

看起来比实际更高不可攀

inclusive: 包容(普通子弟也能入读)。
exclusive: 只接受成绩出类拔萃或某些高级阶层的子弟入读。

Exclusive:
Excluding some or most, as from membership or participation.
(排除一些或多数人参加的)
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/exclusive

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看起来比其实际做法更具限制性

比它的实际做法看起来更严格

看起来比其实际做法更严格

看起来比其实际做法更具限制性

exclusive 就是 restrictive



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Note added at 5 days (2023-03-16 21:21:15 GMT)
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意思就是

看起来比实际的录取标准更苛刻,或

看起来比实际上更难录取
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