| 释义 |
ˈsummitry
[f. summit n. 3 b + -ry.]
The practice of convening or holding summit meetings, or of using them as a diplomatic device.
1958Economist 8 Feb. 479/1 The Western dislike of time-wasting summitry is due..to a feeling that even an inconclusive get-together would fill the democracies with a false sense of security. 1967Spectator 28 July 97/1 Mr. Macmillan likened the preliminaries to the summitry so dear to his heart to a stately minuet. 1972Ld. Gladwyn Mem. xvi. 276 The so-called science of ‘Summitry’ was now being pursued with zeal and intelligence by the Foreign Office. 1979Time 2 Apr. 26/1 Jimmy Carter initiated his most stimulating success as President six months ago: his summitry that broke 30 years of bloodshed and stalemate to make possible a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. |