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compendium

英 [kəm'pendɪəm] 美 [kəm'pɛndɪəm]

解释

n. 纲要；概略

※ 提供单词"compendium"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.).

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例句和用法

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.

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。

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

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 ”.

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.