symposium

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n. 讨论会, 座谈会, 专题报告会, 专题论文集

发音

UK /sɪmˈpəʊziəm/
CA /sɪmˈpoʊziəm/
US /sɪmˈpoʊziəm/
AU /sɪmˈpəʉziəm/
NZ /səmˈpɐʉziəm/

词形变化

symposia symposiums 复数 symposiums symposia 复数

别名

symp.

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.

    讨论会

    座谈会

    研讨会

  2. 2.

    A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion.

  3. 3.

    A collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

conference

词源

Borrowed from Latin symposium, from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from συμπίνω (sumpínō, “drink together”), from συν- (sun-, “together-”) + πίνω (pínō, “drink”). Morphologically compare compotation.

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