摘要：“上岸”不仅仅就是“考上”了的意思，它含有“经过努力考上，脱离奋力挣扎的苦海，并有淡淡的欣喜和幽默感等等”，英语里没有对应的译法。常见表达包括'pass the postgraduate entrance examination'、'get into grad
“上岸”不仅仅就是“考上”了的意思，它含有“经过努力考上，脱离奋力挣扎的苦海，并有淡淡的欣喜和幽默感等等”，英语里没有对应的译法。常见表达包括 'pass the postgraduate entrance examination'、'get into graduate school' 以及 'be admitted to' 等；但是都没有完完整整的汉语里“上岸”的全部涵义。这就是我中华文化博大精深无比灿烂的一个缩影。
get in在《朗文当代高级英语辞典》中有“被录取”的意思，英文释义为to be allowed to be a student at a university, college etc.
如果你最终顺利考上研究生，就可以激动地说“I got in（我考上啦）”。
I got in属于口语化的表达，在日常对话中很常见。
I got into Harvard!
我考上哈佛大学啦。
I'm so happy that I got into my dream school!
我太高兴了，我被我的梦想学校录取了！
▌pass an/the exam
“考研上岸”，也就是指“通过研究生考试”，因此我们可以用pass an/the exam来表示。
I passed the postgraduate entrance exam and was admitted to Peking University.
我通过了研究生考试，被北京大学录取了。
You would pass your exams if you applied yourself.
努力学习就会通过考试。
Every student in the class is capable of passing the exam.
班上每个同学都有能力通过这次考试。
Pilots have to pass an exam in meteorology to fly commercial airliners.
飞行员必须通过气象学考试才能驾驶商用客机。
You'd better buck up your ideas if you want to pass the exam.
如果你想通过考试，就得加把劲。
To be frank with you, I think your son has little chance of passing the exam.
坦诚相告，我认为你的儿子不大可能通过考试。
He hasn't a dog's chance of passing the exam.
他根本不可能通过这次考试。
She has only a slim chance of passing the exam.
她通过考试的希望很渺茫。
He's in with a good chance of passing the exam.
他大有可能考试合格。
I hope to go to college next year, always assuming I pass my exams.
我希望明年上大学，当然是在我通过考试的前提下。
I had to do it in order to pass the exam.
为了通过考试，我不得不这么做。
First I have to get through the exams.
首先我必须通过这些考试。
I then went up to Lancaster University and got an upper second.
后来，我考上了兰开斯特大学，获得了二级甲等学位。
A grammar school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university.
一所文法学校成功与否是以考上大学的学生人数为衡量依据的。
When it was time to prepare for picking schools, nobody around me believed I could get into Xiamen University.
到了准备择校的时候,周围没有人相信我能考上厦门大学。
The students in Miss Wang's class are all trying their best to study hard to go to the university.
为了考上大学，王老师班上的学生都在努力学习。
He managed to go to university, but it was so expensive to study there that he found it necessary to get at least two part-time jobs at the same time so as to make sure that he could get enough money for his studies.
他努力考上了大学，但在大学学习太贵了，他发现必须同时找到至少两份兼职工作才能确保他能得到足够的钱来学习。
如果是高分考过，还可以用一个短语pass with flying colors，指以出色的成绩通过考试、比赛。
He passed the entrance exam with flying colors.
他以优异的成绩通过了入学考试。
So far McAllister seemed to have passed all the exams/tests with flying colors.
到目前为止，麦卡利斯特似乎所有的考试都考得非常好。
Use the book to pass the TOEFL test with flying colors.
好好利用这本书会让你托福考试顺利过关！
be/get admitted to
“上岸”代表着我们被录取啦，在《剑桥词典》中，admit作动词，有“准许……加入；接纳”的意思，因此“上岸”也可以用英文表示为be/get admitted to…
He was studying in the hope of being admitted to an engineering college
他努力学习，希望能被一所工程学院录取。
I've been eager to be admitted to PKU since my first year in high school.
从高一开始，我就一直渴望考上北京大学。
I got admitted to my dream school!
我被我的梦想学校录取了！
She failed to gain admission to the university of her choice.
她未获自己选择的大学录取。
From the last three graduating classes, 16 seniors were admitted to MIT.
在上一届毕业的三个班级中，有16名高中生被麻省理工学院录取。
He was admitted to the Software Engineering Department of the School of Computer Science and Technology, Guangdong University of Technology.
他考入广东工业大学计算机学院软件工程系。
He failed in being admitted to a university. Even then he was not downhearted.
尽管大学没考上，他也毫不气馁。
Later he was admitted to a famous art university.
后来他被一所著名的艺术大学录取了。
▌ enroll
在《朗文当代高级英语辞典》中，enroll作动词，有“招（生），吸收（成员）；注册（课程）”的意思。如果想表达“考入”，便可以用enroll at来表示。
Cherny was enrolled at the University in 1945
彻尼1945年在该大学登记入学。
At the age of 61, he enrolled at Sichuan Normal University in 1996 and majored in journalism.
1996年，61岁的他考入四川师范大学新闻学专业。
Is it too late to enroll at the college?
现在上大学会太晚吗?
I enrolled for/in/on the modern art course.
我选修了当代艺术课程。
Jim didn't really have to extend himself in the exam.
吉姆大可不必为这次考试那么拼命。
Failing one exam is not the end of the world.
一次考试不及格并非世界末日。
生命不止，拼搏不息！
来源：翅膀英语