| 单词 | conference |
| 释义 | conference (once / 108 pages) 1n 2n A conference is a formal get-together where people talk (or "confer") about a chosen topic, like when your office holds a conference to talk about the problem of snoring during meetings. A conference can also be a public meeting arranged for discussion, such as a press conference or a national conference for a particular group. For example, you may no longer have much interest in 18th-century coins, but you still attend the annual conference for coin collectors because it is always held at a hotel in Aruba. A conference can also refer to a sports league, such as for baseball or football. WORD FAMILYconference: conferences+/confer: conferee, conference, confering, conferment, conferral, conferred, conferring, confers/conferee: conferees/conferral: conferrals USAGE EXAMPLESOn Monday morning, the NBA announced Wall and Harden as the Eastern and Western Conference players of the week, respectively. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) “They didn’t even say her name,” one inmate angrily says after overhearing the news conference. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) “I’m not an email person myself,” Trump echoed during that infamous July news conference in which he invited Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s email. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda) Exp|Hypo|Hyper Potsdam Conference a conference held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended Yalta Conferencea conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe symposium a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations seminarany meeting for an exchange of ideas colloquiuman academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting research colloquiuma colloquium at which the results of (scientific) research are reported group meeting, meeting a formally arranged gathering 2n a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper group discussion bull session an informal discussion (usually among men) colloquya conversation especially a formal one consultationa conference between two or more people to consider a particular question audience, consultation, interviewa conference (usually with someone important) huddle, powwow(informal) a quick private conference news conference, press conferencea conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity pretrial, pretrial conference(law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases round table, round-table conference, roundtablea meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views sessiona meeting for execution of a group's functions teach-inan extended session (as on a college campus) for lectures and discussion on an important and usually controversial issue teleconference, teleconferencinga conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television sidebar(law) a courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge that is held out of the jury's hearing backgroundera press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy sittinga session as of a legislature or court clinicmeeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity closed session, executive sessiona session (usually of a legislative body) that is closed to the public hearinga session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken skull sessiona session (as of executives or advisors) to discuss policy or strategy or to solve problems or exchange ideas special sessiona session that is held in addition to the regular sessions tutoriala session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students discussion, give-and-take, word an exchange of views on some topic n an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members Syn|Hypo|Hyper league big league, major league, majors the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) bush league, minor league, minorsa league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball) baseball leaguea league of baseball teams basketball leaguea league of basketball teams bowling leaguea league of bowling teams football leaguea league of football teams hockey leaguea league of hockey teams Ivy Leaguea league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige class, divisiona league ranked by quality little leaguea commercially sponsored baseball league for players between 8 and 12 years of age association a formal organization of people or groups of people |
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