(1) session指法庭之开庭,议会之会期;也可指为其他目的所举行的单独而无中断的集会。在美国,也指大学之学期或一段上课时间,也可是一系列集会(conference)中的一次。
- The first session of the Conference of Paris was held on Jan. 18th, 1919.
巴黎会议的第一次会议于1919年1月18日召开。 - It was agreed that the press should be admitted to the “Plenary Sessions” .
一致同意,新闻记者应被允许出席“全体会议”。 - The House of Commons began its sessions yesterday.
下议院会期昨天开始了。 - This year's session of Congress was unusually long.
国会今年的会期特别的长。 - The judge will give/deliver his summing-up at tomorrow's court session , explaining what the evidence has shown.
在明天开庭时,法官将给出结论,说明证据显示的情况。 - Our school has two sessions , one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
我们学校有两段上课时间安排,一段在上午,一段在下午。 - We urge you to enroll for the spring session now.
我们要求你报名参加春季班的学习。
(2) ①conference是“会议”,有时也可指“小型会谈,磋商,谈判”;用作“会议”解时,一般指比较大型、正式的会议,如国际会议。
- You can't see the manager just now, he is in conference .
现在你无法见到经理,他正在开会。 - The teacher had a conference with each student during the term.
老师在本学期与每位学生都谈过话。 - Many international conferences have been held in Geneva.
许多国际会议都曾在日内瓦召开。
②此外还可说:a peace conference(和平会议),an annual conference(年会),a joint conference(联席会),a summit conference(峰会),a roundtable conference (圆桌会议),a press conference(记者招待会),an emergency conference(紧急会议)。
(3) congress指学术团体等的代表会议、讨论会,也指为讨论某些重大问题而由各地、各方面代表参加的会议,如我国的人民代表大会;Congress大写时多指美国国会;有时也指聚会、一群人。
- An international congress of geophysicists was held last year.
去年召开了地球物理学家的国际会议。 - The U.S. Congress handles over 200 bills a session.
美国国会一个会期要处理两百多个议案。 - A congress of heart specialists is meeting in Chicago soon.
一群心脏病专家不久就要在芝加哥聚会。
(4) ①convention指社团、政党等为某一特殊目的(如选举候选人)而召开的大会;或商界会议;年会等。
- The convention voted on a new constitution.
这次大会投票表决了一部新宪法。 - The Republican presidential candidate will be chosen at the national convention .
在这次全国性的大会上将选出共和党的总统候选人。
②convention也指“(国家或君主间)的协定”(不如treaty正式),如the Geneva Conventions 《日内瓦公约》。
③convention也可指公认的标准、惯例、常规或习俗。
- When men wore hats, convention required them to raise them when they met a woman they knew.
当男人遇到他们认识的妇女时,他们如果戴着帽子,按照习俗要举帽致敬。 - It is silly to be slave to convention .
做传统习俗的奴隶是愚蠢的。
(5) meeting指“会议,集会”,可指各种规模大小的会议,是普通用词。
- We teachers have a meeting every other week.
我们老师每隔一周聚会一次。 - He was not present at the meeting yesterday because he was ill.
他由于生病而没有出席昨天的会议。
(6) rally意为“会,集会”,指群众性的大型集会。
- Representatives from all walks of life spoke at the peace rally .
各行各业的代表在这次和平集会上发了言。
(7) ①assembly也指“大会,群众性的集会”,尤其是立法者的会议,如the Legislative Assembly(立法会议)。
- In some countries the right of assembly in public is not allowed for everybody.
在一些国家,并不是每个人都有在公共场所集会的权利。 - The assembly of environmentalists discussed the problem on how to deal with the worldwide pollution.
这次环境保护者大会讨论了如何应对世界范围的污染问题。
②有时assembly也指“集合(如学校师生)”。
- The morning assembly at our school is at 9 o'clock.
我们学校在9点举行早会。