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compendium

英 [k?m'pend??m] 美[k?m'p?nd??m]
  • n. 綱要;概略

暢通詞匯GRE

詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?compendiums;

助記提示


1. com- + pend- + -ium.
2. 就是從整體、全局(com-)一起去權(quán)衡、考慮、思考(pend-)哪些是重要的、哪些不是重要的,然后將重要的提取出來,將不重要的略去,進(jìn)而形成摘要、概要、綱要、簡編。

中文詞源


compendium 匯編

com-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-pend, 懸垂,稱量,詞源同pendulum, pound .即掛到一起的,匯編。

英文詞源


compendium
compendium: see ponder
compendium (n.)
1580s, from Latin compendium "a shortening, saving," literally "that which is weighed together," from compendere "to weigh together," from com- "together" (see com-) + pendere "to weigh" (see pendant). Borrowed earlier as compendi (mid-15c.).

雙語例句


1. The Compendium of Materia Medica has been held in high esteem since it was first published.
“本草綱目”問世之后,深受人們的推重.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

2. The Roman Catholic Church has issued a compendium of its teachings.
天主教會已經(jīng)頒布了其教義綱要。

來自辭典例句

3. This encyclopedia is truly a compendium of knowledge.
這部百科全書真正是知識寶庫.

來自辭典例句

4. London was " the biggest aggregation of human life - the most complete compendium of the world ".
倫敦是 “ 人文薈萃之區(qū),全球最完備的縮影 ”.

來自辭典例句

5. We observe the endless classical references in The Compendium of Ecclesiastical History written by Cotton Mather.
我們發(fā)現(xiàn)科頓·馬瑟的《蘭宗教史摘要》中,也用了無數(shù)典故.

來自辭典例句