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This flashcard defines "meeting" primarily as an event where people gather for discussion and decision-making. It also covers the act of encountering someone, whether planned or accidental, and can refer to the group of attendees collectively.

This flashcard defines "meeting" as an event where people gather to discuss or make decisions. It also refers to encountering someone, either planned or by chance, and collectively refers to the attendees as "the meeting."

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/mi͟ːtɪŋ/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]会议;集会 A meeting is an event in which a group of people come together to discuss things or make decisions.
  [the N]
  • Can we have a meeting to discuss that?

    我们可以开会来讨论那件事吗?

  • ...business meetings.

    商业会议

  • You can also refer to the people at a meeting as the meeting. 参加会议的人;与会人员
    • The meeting decided that further efforts were needed.

      全体与会者认定有必要作出进一步努力。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](有意或无意的)碰见,遇上 When you meet someone, either by chance or by arrangement, you can refer to this event as a meeting .
  [oft with poss]
  • In January, 37 years after our first meeting, I was back in the studio with Denis...

    那是1月,在我们初次相遇37年之后,我和丹尼斯一同回到了工作室。

  • Her life was changed by a chance meeting with her former art master a few years ago.

    她的生活因几年前同她以前的美术老师的偶遇改变了。


Oxford meet·ing / ˈmiːtɪŋ ; NAmE ˈmiːtɪŋ / noun 1 [countable ] an occasion when people come together to discuss or decide sth 会议;集会 to have/hold/call/attend a meeting 召开╱举办╱召集╱参加会议 a committee/staff meeting 委员会╱员工会议 What time is the meeting? 什么时候开会? Helen will chair the meeting (= be in charge of it). 海伦将主持这次会议。 I'll be in a meetingall morning—can you take my calls? 我整个上午都要开会,你能不能帮我接一下电话? a meeting of the United Nations Security Council 联合国安理会会议 2 the meeting [singular ] the people at a meeting (统称)与会者 The meeting voted to accept the pay offer. 与会者投票接受这一工资提议。 3 [countable ] a situation in which two or more people meet together, because they have arranged it or by chance 会面;集会;集合 SYN
encounter
At our first meeting I was nervous. 我们第一次见面时我很紧张。 It was a chance meetingthat would change my life. 那次偶然的会面改变了我的一生。 He remembered their childhood meetings with nostalgia. 他怀念地回忆起他们孩提时代的聚会。
4 [countable ] ( BrE) a sports event or set of races, especially for horses 运动会;(尤指)赛马 an athletics meeting 运动会 a race meeting 赛马大会 IDIOM a meeting of ˈminds a close understanding between people with similar ideas, especially when they meet to do sth or meet for the first time 彼此间的深刻理解(尤指初会时就意见一致) meeting meetings
meet·ing / ˈmiːtɪŋ ; NAmE ˈmiːtɪŋ /
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meetingmeet‧ing /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable]
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1an event at which people meet to discuss and decide things:  We’re having a meeting next week to discuss the matter.at a meeting I’ll raise the matter at the next meeting.in a meeting She said that Mr Coleby was in a meeting.meeting about/on There was a public meeting about the future of the gallery.meeting with I’ve got a meeting with Mr Edwards this afternoon.meeting of a meeting of senior politiciansmeeting between a meeting between unions and management2the meeting formal all the people who are at a meeting:  I’d like to put a few ideas before the meeting.3[usually singular] when people meet each other by chance or because they have arranged to do this:  I had felt drawn to Alice ever since our first meeting.4a sports competition or a set of races for horses5meeting of minds a situation in which two people have very similar ideas and understand each other very well:  There was a real meeting of minds between the two leaders.6an event at which a group of Quakers (=a Christian religious group) pray togetherCOLLOCATIONSverbshave a meeting· I had a long meeting with my manager.hold a meeting formal (=have a meeting)· The meetings are usually held on a Friday. go to a meeting (also attend a meeting formal)· All staff members are expected to attend the meeting.call a meeting (also convene a meeting formal) (=arrange a meeting)· The board has the power to convene a general meeting if necessary.chair a meeting (also preside over a meeting formal) (=lead it)· The meeting was chaired by Professor Jones of the University of York.open a meeting (=begin it)· There was disagreement about opening the meeting with a prayer.close a meeting (=end it)· He closed the meeting by saying, ‘I think we have made great progress.’address a meeting (=speak to the people at a meeting)· A member of Greenpeace addressed the protest meeting.adjourn a meeting (=make it stop for a period of time)· This meeting is adjourned until tomorrow.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + meetinga committee/staff/board etc meeting· A staff meeting will be held at 3 p.m.an annual meeting (=an important meeting held once a year)· the annual meeting of the British Medical Associationa monthly/weekly meeting· a routine weekly meeting with the managing directora public/open meeting (=that anyone can go to)· A public meeting was held to discuss the proposal to build a new school.a general meeting especially British English (=that anyone, or anyone in a particular organization, can go to)· The annual general meeting of the rugby club was held last night.a private/closed meeting (=that only a few people are allowed to go to)· The senator attended a private meeting with the president.a summit meeting (=between leaders of governments)· The prime minister is in Paris for a European summit meeting.a business meeting· He had to go into town for a business meeting.a protest meeting· Anti-road campaigners are holding a protest meeting today.an emergency/urgent meeting· The Council has called an emergency meeting to decide what action to take.THESAURUSmeeting an occasion when people meet in order to discuss something: · a business meeting.· Mr Bell is in a meeting.· The committee will hold another meeting Wednesday.conference an organized event, especially one that continues for several days, at which a lot of people meet to discuss a particular subject and hear speeches about it: · Didn’t you give a talk at the conference last year?· a conference of women business leadersconvention a large formal meeting of people who belong to a political party, or to an organization of people with the same interests: · the Democratic Party Convention· a convention for Star Trek fansrally a large public meeting, especially one that is held outdoors to support or protest about something: · There was a massive peace rally in London.summit a meeting between government leaders from important and powerful countries, to discuss important matters: · A summit meeting of OPEC leaders was called to find a solution to the oil crisis.· next week’s economic summitcaucus American English a local meeting of the members of a political party to choose people to represent them at a larger meeting, or to choose a candidate in an election: · Obama won the Iowa caucus in 2007.teleconference/video conference a business meeting in which people in different places talk to each other using telephones or video equipment: · The chairman held teleconferences with his senior managers.gathering/get-together a situation in which a group of people come together to meet, talk, and have drinks with each other, especially friends or family: · We held a small family get-together to celebrate her birthday.· She arranged social gatherings in Kettering for young people on Saturday evenings.date an arrangement to meet someone who you are having, or hoping to have, a romantic relationship with: · I think I might ask her out on a date.rendezvous a meeting where two people have arranged to meet at a particular time or place, often secretly: · She arranged a rendezvous with him in the hotel bar.tryst literary a secret meeting between people who are having a romantic relationship: · a good place for a moonlight tryst
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meeting

[ˈmi:tɪŋ]
原型:meeting 是 meet 的现在分词
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会议(87%),集会(11%),动词meet的现在分词.(1%),汇合(1%)
n.会议;会见;集会;汇合点
v.会面;会合(meet的ing形式)

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