Intercollegiate means “between colleges.” You meet it most with sport: an intercollegiate game is one college’s team against another college’s team.

Intercollegiate Intercollegiate 意思是 means「校際之間」“between colleges.” You你 meet it most with sport最常在體育場合遇到這個字： an intercollegiate game一場校際比賽 is是 one college’s team against another college’s team一間學校的隊伍對上另一間學校的隊伍。

In American English, college here often means a university, so think of matches between different 大學.

In American English在美式英文裡， college這裡的 college 這個字 here often means a university常常指的是「大學」， so所以 think of matches between different 大學可以想成是不同大學之間的比賽。

School posters and sports news use the word more than daily chat.

School posters學校的海報 and sports news和體育新聞 use the word比較會用這個字， more than daily chat比日常聊天更常見。

Though actually, at old English universities like Oxford, intercollegiate can mean a match between the small colleges inside the same university, not a match against a different university. So the tidy idea is “college versus college,” but which colleges — and whether they belong to one school or two — depends on where you are.

Though actually不過其實， at old English universities like Oxford在牛津這類老牌英國大學裡， intercollegiate intercollegiate 可以 can mean a match between the small colleges inside the same university指的是同一所大學裡面各個小學院之間的比賽， not a match against a different university而不是對上另一所大學的比賽。So所以 the tidy idea那個乾淨俐落的概念 is是「學院對學院」“college versus college,” but but 是 which colleges哪些學院 — and whether they belong to one school or two以及它們是屬於同一所學校還是兩所學校 — depends on where you are要看你在哪裡而定。