| 单词 | session |
| 释义 | session —sessional, adj. /sesh"euhn/, n. 1. the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business: Congress is now in session. 2. a single continuous sitting, or period of sitting, of persons so assembled. 3. a continuous series of sittings or meetings of a court, legislature, or the like. 4. the period or term during which such a series is held. 5. sessions, (in English law) the sittings or a sitting of justices in court, usually to deal with minor offenses, grant licenses, etc. 6. a single continuous course or period of lessons, study, etc., in the work of a day at school: two afternoon sessions a week. 7. a portion of the year into which instruction is organized at a college or other educational institution. 8. the governing body of a local Presbyterian church, composed of the pastor who moderates and the elders. 9. a period of time during which a group of persons meets to pursue a particular activity: A few of the kids got together for a study session. [1350-1400; ME < ML session- (s. of sessio) law-court sitting, L: sitting, equiv. to sess(us) (ptp. of sedere to SIT1) + -ion- -ION] |
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