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compendium

英 [kəm'pendɪəm] 美[kəm'pɛndɪəm]
  • n. 纲要;概略

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词态变化


复数: compendiums;

助记提示


1. com- + pend- + -ium.
2. 就是从整体、全局(com-)一起去权衡、考虑、思考(pend-)哪些是重要的、哪些不是重要的,然后将重要的提取出来,将不重要的略去,进而形成摘要、概要、纲要、简编。

中文词源


compendium 汇编

com-, 强调。-pend, 悬垂,称量,词源同pendulum, pound .即挂到一起的,汇编。

英文词源


compendium
compendium: see ponder
compendium (n.)
1580s, from Latin compendium "a shortening, saving," literally "that which is weighed together," from compendere "to weigh together," from com- "together" (see com-) + pendere "to weigh" (see pendant). Borrowed earlier as compendi (mid-15c.).

双语例句


1. The Compendium of Materia Medica has been held in high esteem since it was first published.
“本草纲目”问世之后,深受人们的推重.

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2. The Roman Catholic Church has issued a compendium of its teachings.
天主教会已经颁布了其教义纲要。

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3. This encyclopedia is truly a compendium of knowledge.
这部百科全书真正是知识宝库.

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4. London was " the biggest aggregation of human life - the most complete compendium of the world ".
伦敦是 “ 人文荟萃之区,全球最完备的缩影 ”.

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5. We observe the endless classical references in The Compendium of Ecclesiastical History written by Cotton Mather.
我们发现科顿·马瑟的《兰宗教史摘要》中,也用了无数典故.

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