释义 |
congeries /kɒnˈdʒɪəriːz / /ˈkɒndʒəriz/noun (plural same)A disorderly collection; a jumble: a congeries of European states...- It is difficult not to believe that at times our judges, in trying to craft general principles from of a confusing congeries of conflicting case-law, have simply failed adequately to understand it or the principles behind it.
- This is a point that may yet come home to cities that are currently embracing big-box retail development in place of the congeries of small shops and homes that exist now.
- It was on the periphery that the idea of ‘the British Empire as a congeries of territories linked by their commerce, united with common interests and centred politically upon London’ was most compelling.
Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin congeries 'heap, pile', from congerere 'heap up'. |