symposium
英 [s?m'p??z??m]
美[s?m'poz??m]
- n. 討論會(huì)，座談會(huì)；專題論文集；酒宴，宴會(huì)
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?symposia;?symposiums;
中文詞源
symposium 專題討論會(huì)，研討會(huì)
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) symposium,飲酒會(huì)，討論會(huì)，來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ) symposion,飲酒會(huì)，討論會(huì)，來(lái)自 sym-, 一起，posis,喝，飲，來(lái)自 PIE*poi,喝，詞源同 poison,potion,potable.來(lái)自古希臘時(shí)期文人、 學(xué)士、哲學(xué)家、智者等歡聚一堂舉杯共飲，在歡快的氣氛中就某一話題進(jìn)行熱烈探討的習(xí)俗。
英文詞源
- symposium
- symposium: [18] A symposium is etymologically a ‘get-together for a drink’. The word comes via Latin symposium from Greek sumpósion, a derivative of sumpótēs ‘drinking companion’. This was a compound noun formed from the prefix sun- ‘together’ and the base *pot- ‘drink’ (source of English poison, potion, etc). The Greeks favoured lubricating intellectual discussion with drink, and so the term sumpósion came to be used for a meeting which combined elements of party and intellectual interchange.
=> poison, potable, potion - symposium (n.)
- 1580s, "account of a gathering or party," from Latin symposium "drinking party, symposium," from Greek symposion "drinking party, convivial gathering of the educated" (related to sympotes "drinking companion"), from assimilated form of syn- "together" (see syn-) + posis "a drinking," from a stem of Aeolic ponen "to drink," cognate with Latin potare "to drink" (see potion).
The symposium usually followed a dinner, for the Greeks did not drink at meals. Its enjoyment was heightened by intellectual or agreeable conversation, by the introduction of music or dancers, and by other amusements. [Century Dictionary]
The sense of "a meeting on some subject" is from 1784. Reflecting the Greek fondness for mixing wine and intellectual discussion, the modern sense is especially from the word being used as a title for one of Plato's dialogues. Greek plural is symposia, and the leader of one is a symposiarch (c. 1600 in English). Related: Symposiac (adj.); symposial.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The symposium on AIDS research lasted two days.
- 艾滋病研究的報(bào)告會(huì)持續(xù)了兩天.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. What have you learned from the symposium?
- 你參加了這次科學(xué)討論會(huì),有什么體會(huì)?
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. He had been taking part in an international symposium on population.
- 他那時(shí)正參加一個(gè)有關(guān)人口問(wèn)題的國(guó)際研討會(huì)。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. Once I attended an international symposium on Dunhuang studies held at the Mogao Grottoes.
- 我去時(shí),一次敦煌學(xué)國(guó)際學(xué)術(shù)討論會(huì)正在莫高窟舉行.
來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 現(xiàn)代散文
- 5. The specialists and scholars present at the symposium come from all corners of the country.
- 出席研討會(huì)的專家學(xué)者們來(lái)自全國(guó)各地.
來(lái)自辭典例句