Conference People Formal Meeting Party Held Noun Annual
This flashcard defines "conference" as a large official meeting for discussing important matters, often lasting several days, or a formal discussion between people. It also includes a meaning related to sports leagues in American English.
This flashcard defines "conference" as a large official meeting for discussing important matters, often lasting several days, or a formal discussion between people. It also includes a meaning related to sports leagues in American English.
[N-COUNT 可数名词](常持续数天的)专题讨论会,研讨会 A conference is a meeting, often lasting a few days, which is organized on a particular subject or to bring together people who have a common interest.
The President summoned all the state governors to a conference on education.
总统召集各州州长召开了一次教育研讨会。
...the Conservative Party conference...
保守党大会
Last weekend the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland held a conference, attended by 450 delegates.
上周末,苏格兰的天主教会举行了一次会议,450名代表与会。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]会议;正式商谈 A conference is a meeting at which formal discussions take place.
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They sat down at the dinner table, as they always did, before the meal, for a conference...
他们在餐桌旁坐下,和平常一样,吃饭之前要开个会。
Her employer was in conference with two lawyers and did not want to be interrupted.
她的老板在和两位律师谈事情,不想有人打扰。
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con·fer·ence★AWL/ˈkɒnfərəns; NAmEˈkɑːnfərəns/noun1★a large official meeting, usually lasting for a few days, at which people with the same work or interests come together to discuss their views (通常持续几天的大型正式)会议,研讨会◆The hotel is used for exhibitions, conferences and social events.这家旅馆用于举行展览、大型会议和社交活动。◆a conference room/centre/hall会议室╱中心╱厅◆She is attending a three-day conference on AIDS education.她正在出席一个为期三天的有关艾滋病教育的会议。◆The conference will be held in Glasgow.会议将在格拉斯哥举行。◆delegates to the Labour Party's annual conference参加工党年会的代表2★a meeting at which people have formal discussions (正式)讨论会,商讨会◆Ministers from all four countries involved will meet at the conference tablethis week. 有关四国将各派部长于本周开会协商。◆He was in conferencewith his lawyers all day. 他与他的律师们商讨了一整天。☞see also
press conference
3( especially NAmE) a group of sports teams that play against each other in a league 体育协会(或联合会)◆Southeast Conference football champions东南部联盟的橄榄球联赛conferenceconferencescon·fer·ence/ˈkɒnfərəns; NAmEˈkɑːnfərəns/
1a large formal meeting where a lot of people discuss important matters such as business, politics, or science, especially for several days: Representatives from over 100 countries attended the International Peace Conference in Geneva.conference on a UN conference on the environment →
press conference
2a private meeting for a few people to have formal discussionsconference with After a brief conference with his aides, he left for the airport.conference room/table etc The meeting will be held in the conference room at 10 am.in conference Mr Dickson is in conference.3American English a group of teams that play against each other to see who is the best: the Western Conference finalsCOLLOCATIONSverbsgo to a conference (also attend a conference formal)· Hundreds of delegates are attending the conference.hold a conference (=have one)· Their annual conference was held in Chicago.host a conference (=have it in your country)· In June, Japan hosted a peace conference.organize a conference· The administration organized a conference on Africa.convene a conference formal (=arrange one)· a national conference on school violence convened by the U. S. Department of Educationaddress a conference (=give a speech at one)· He received a warm welcome when he addressed the conference.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + conferencea peace/climate/sales etc conference· an international climate conference in Swedena world/international conference· the world conference on human rightsa national conference· Brazil’s national conference on healtha regional conference· In Northern Africa, there have been important regional conferences on education.an annual conference· the biggest annual conference for teachers of Englisha party conference (=for a particular political party)· the Labour party conferencea summit conference (=for the leaders of governments)· The heads of most Arab states met in Amman for a summit conference.conference + NOUNconference facilities· The hotel has conference facilities for 100 people.a conference centre (=a building or group of buildings used for conferences)a conference hall· Thousands of people demonstrated outside the conference hall, demanding government action.
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会议(91%),讨论会(5%),会谈(3%),协商会(1%)
n.会议;讨论;协商;联盟;(正式)讨论会;[工会、工党用语](每年的)大会
vi.举行或参加(系列)会议
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