In BrE somebody who is attending school is at school . 在英国英语中，at school表示上学：
I was at school with her sister.
我和她妹妹过去在一个学校读书。
In NAmE in school is used. 北美英语用in school表示：
I have a ten-year-old in school.
我有个十岁的孩子在上学。
In school in NAmE can also mean ‘attending a university’. 北美英语的in school亦可表示上大学。
When a school is being referred to as an institution, you do not need to use the . school指机构时，不需用定冠词the：
When do the children finish school?
孩子们什么时候毕业？
When you are talking about a particular building, the is used. 指校舍时要用定冠词the：
I’ll meet you outside the school.
我在学校外面等你。
Prison , jail , court , and church work in the same way. prison、jail、court和church的用法相同：
Her husband spent three years in prison.
她丈夫坐了三年牢。
n.
school(s) of thought
学派
a way of thinking that a number of people share
There are two schools of thought about how this illness should be treated.
关于如何治疗这种疾病，有两派不同的意见。
one of the old school
守旧的人；保守派人物
an old-fashioned person who likes to do things as they were done in the past
