“小学同学”常见的英语表述有:“primary school classmates” 或者 “classmates in primary school” 。
以下是对这两个表述的解释:
“primary school” 意思是“小学”,“classmates” 是“同学”的复数形式。所以“primary school classmates” 直接表达“小学同学”。
“in primary school” 表示“在小学(里)”,“classmates in primary school” 则是“在小学里的同学”,也就是“小学同学”。
例如:I still keep in touch with some of my primary school classmates. (我仍然和一些小学同学保持联系。)
These are my classmates in primary school. (这些是我的小学同学。)