compendium
英 [k?m'pend??m]
美 [k?m'p?nd??m]
助記提示
1. com- + pend- + -ium.
2. 就是從整體、全局(com-)一起去權(quán)衡、考慮、思考(pend-)哪些是重要的、哪些不是重要的，然后將重要的提取出來，將不重要的略去，進而形成摘要、概要、綱要、簡編。
中文詞源
compendium 匯編com-, 強調(diào)。-pend, 懸垂，稱量，詞源同pendulum, pound .即掛到一起的，匯編。
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語例句
- 1. The Compendium of Materia Medica has been held in high esteem since it was first published.
- “本草綱目”問世之后,深受人們的推重.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. The Roman Catholic Church has issued a compendium of its teachings.
- 天主教會已經(jīng)頒布了其教義綱要。
來自辭典例句
- 3. This encyclopedia is truly a compendium of knowledge.
- 這部百科全書真正是知識寶庫.
來自辭典例句
- 4. London was " the biggest aggregation of human life - the most complete compendium of the world ".
- 倫敦是 “ 人文薈萃之區(qū),全球最完備的縮影 ”.
來自辭典例句
- 5. We observe the endless classical references in The Compendium of Ecclesiastical History written by Cotton Mather.
- 我們發(fā)現(xiàn)科頓·馬瑟的《蘭宗教史摘要》中,也用了無數(shù)典故.
來自辭典例句