• A student is a person who is studying at a school, college, university, etc. * student 指在校学习的学生。
• An undergraduate is a student who is studying for their first degree at a university or college. * undergraduate 指大学里攻读学士学位的学生。
• In BrE, a graduate is a person who has completed a first degree at a university or college. In NAmE graduate is usually used with another noun and can also apply to a person who has finished high school. 在英式英语中，graduate 指大学本科毕业生。在美式英语中，graduate 通常与另一名词连用，亦可指中学毕业生：◆a high school graduate 中学毕业生◆a graduate student 研究生
• A postgraduate is a person who has finished a first degree and is doing advanced study or research. This is the usual term in BrE, but it is formal in NAmE and graduate student is usually used instead. * postgraduate 指研究生，在英式英语中为常用词，在美式英语中则为正式用语，通常用 graduate student 取代。

These are all words for a child that attends school. 以上各词均指学生。

• student a person who is studying in a school, especially an older child 指在校学习的学生，尤指较大的学生：◆Students are required to be in school by 8.30. 学生须在 8:30 以前到校。◆Any high school student could tell you the answer. 随便一个高中生都可以告诉你答案。
• pupil (BrE) a person who is being taught, especially a child in a school 指学生，尤指小学生：◆The school has over 850 pupils. 这所小学有 850 多名学生。 NOTE Pupil is used only in British English and is starting to become old-fashioned. Student is often preferred, especially by teachers and other people involved in education, and especially when talking about older children. * pupil 只用于英式英语，并已开始过时。现在尤其是教师和教育工作者，较常用 student，多指较大的学生。
• schoolboy/schoolgirl/schoolchild a boy, girl or child who attends school 指学校的男生、女生、学童、小学生：◆Since she was a schoolgirl she had dreamed of going on the stage. 自从上学以来她就一直梦想着成为演员。 NOTE These words emphasize the age of the children or this period in their lives; they are less often used to talk about teaching and learning. * schoolboy/schoolgirl/schoolchild 强调童年或学龄时期，较少用于教与学：◆an able schoolboy/schoolgirl/schoolchild

Patterns

• a(n) good/bright/able/brilliant/star/outstanding student/pupil
• a naughty schoolboy/schoolgirl/schoolchild
• a disruptive student/pupil
• a(n) ex-/former student/pupil
• a school student/pupil
• to teach students/pupils/schoolboys/schoolgirls/schoolchildren