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symposium n. 专题讨论会 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. 【记】sym + podium 讲坛，同用讲坛，大家轮流用一个讲坛发表意见

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[sim'pəuziəm] 【英】 n.专题讨论会(small conference for discussion of a particular subject)【记】 sym(共同)+pos(放)+i um→把问题放在一起 讨论→研讨会 n. (参与者既为听众, 又做演讲的)专题讨论会【记】sym = same, pos放, ium地点－把共同的问题放在一起－研讨会

单词	symposium
音标	[sim'pəuziəm]
解释	n. 专题讨论会
红宝书	【英】 n.专题讨论会(small conference for discussion of a particular subject) 【记】 sym(共同)+pos(放)+i um→把问题放在一起讨论→研讨会
字源	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.
不择手段背单词	n. (参与者既为听众, 又做演讲的)专题讨论会【记】sym = same, pos放, ium地点－把共同的问题放在一起－研讨会
趣味全助记	【记】sym + podium 讲坛，同用讲坛，大家轮流用一个讲坛发表意见

Symposium Drinking Greek N Gathering Latin Party Intellectual