Symposium

[sɪm'pəʊzɪəm] or [sɪm'pozɪəm]

解释:

(noun.) a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.

奥罗拉编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A drinking together; a merry feast.

(n.) A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.

录入:玛格

解释:

n. a drinking together: a banquet with philosophic conversation: a merry feast.—adjs. Sympō′siac Sympō′sial.—ns. Sym-pō′siarch the master of the feast a toast-master; Sympō′siast one who takes part in a symposium.

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