But your government had 18 years to get more of them into Oxbridge.

可是反对党政府18年中都未能有效增加牛津剑桥里公立学校学生的比例。

This year 9% of all final-year students from Oxbridge applied for Teach First.

今年，9%的牛津大学毕业生申请了教为先的支教岗位。

It was not until the middle of the 20th century that Oxbridge was accepted gradually.

直到20世纪中叶, “牛桥”一词才逐渐被人们所接受。

Although both universities were founded more than seven centuries ago, the term Oxbridge is relatively young.

尽管两所大学都建成于7个多世纪以前，牛桥这个说法却相对年轻。

The other major Oxbridge competitions are the Rugby Union Varsity Match and the Rugby League Varsity Match.

牛桥其他的赛事主要是橄榄球联合会对抗赛和橄榄球联盟对抗赛。

There are a great many similarities between them, so they are jointly referred to as Oxbridge.

两所大学之间有着很多的共同点，因此常常被合称为牛桥。

Oxbridge is often used as shorthand for characteristics that the two institutions share.

牛桥通常被用来指代两所大学共有的特征。

What explains the discrepancy? Perhaps the Oxbridge sample is not representative of the returns that could have been achieved.

如何解释这种差异呢？或许牛津和剑桥的样本不能代表本可以获得的回报。

The interview is Oxbridge's ultimate test in selecting the best students.

面试是牛桥选拔人才的最后一关。

Lamb then came to Oxbridge perhaps a hundred years ago.

大概一百年前，兰姆来到了牛剑。