compendium
英 [k?m'pend??m]
美[k?m'p?nd??m]
- n. 纲要；概略
畅通词汇GRE
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。
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.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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。
来自辞典例句
- 3. This encyclopedia is truly a compendium of knowledge.
- 这部百科全书真正是知识宝库.
来自辞典例句
- 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 ”.
来自辞典例句
- 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.
来自辞典例句