meeting

noun

1. 会议；集会
   an occasion when people come together to discuss or decide sth
   1. to have/hold/call/attend a meeting
      召开 / 举办 / 召集 / 参加会议
   2. a committee/staff meeting
      委员会 / 员工会议
   3. What time is the meeting?
      什么时候开会？
   4. Helen will chair the meeting (= be in charge of it) .
      海伦将主持这次会议。
   5. I'll be in a meeting all morning─can you take my calls?
      我一上午都要开会——你能不能帮我接一下电话？
   6. a meeting of the United Nations Security Council
      联合国安理会会议
2. （统称）与会者
   the people at a meeting
   1. The meeting voted to accept the pay offer.
      与会者投票接受这一工资提议。
3. 会面；集会；集合
   a situation in which two or more people meet together, because they have arranged it or by chance
   1. At our first meeting I was nervous.
      我们第一次见面时我很紧张。
   2. It was a chance meeting that would change my life.
      那次偶然的会面改变了我的一生。
   3. He remembered their childhood meetings with nostalgia.
      他怀念地回忆起他们孩提时代的聚会。
4. 运动会；（尤指）赛马
   a sports event or set of races, especially for horses
   1. an athletics meeting
      运动会
   2. a race meeting
      赛马大会

1. N-COUNT 会议;集会
   A meeting is an event in which a group of people come together to discuss things or make decisions.
   1. Can we have a meeting to discuss that?
      我们可以开会来讨论那件事吗？
   2. ...business meetings.
      商业会议
   3. You can also refer to the people at a meeting as the meeting
      . 参加会议的人;与会人员
   4. The meeting decided that further efforts were needed.
      全体与会者认定有必要作出进一步努力。
2. N-COUNT (有意或无意的)碰见，遇上
   When you meet someone, either by chance or by arrangement, you can refer to this event as a meeting .
   1. In January, 37 years after our first meeting, I was back in the studio with Denis...
      那是1月，在我们初次相遇37年之后，我和丹尼斯一同回到了工作室。
   2. Her life was changed by a chance meeting with her former art master a few years ago.
      她的生活因几年前同她以前的美术老师的偶遇改变了。

1. I'm meeting Anna Langenbach. Ah, this seems to be the train now
   我要去见安娜·朗根巴赫。啊，这像是我要乘坐的火车了。
2. The Prime Minister was speaking ahead of today's meeting.
   首相在今天的会议开始之前作了发言。
3. The whole issue was thoroughly aired at the meeting.
   在会上完全公开了整个问题。
4. The meeting was held away from the attentions of the media
   会议的举行避开了媒体的关注。
5. It was to be Johnson's first meeting with the board in nearly a month
   这将是近一个月来约翰逊首次和董事会碰面。
6. The Group of Seven major industrial countries concluded its annual summit meeting today.
   由主要工业国家组成的七国集团今天结束了其年度峰会。
7. The meeting quickly ended and Steve and I left the room
   会议很快结束了，我和史蒂夫离开了房间。
8. I went along to the meeting
   我去参加了会议。
9. This is the half-yearly meeting of the interim committee.
   这是临时委员会召开的年中例会。
10. We had a long meeting with the attorney general
    我们和检察总长开了一个长会。
11. Can we have a meeting to discuss that?
    我们可以开会来讨论那件事吗？
12. In January, 37 years after our first meeting, I was back in the studio with Denis
    那是1月，在我们初次相遇37年之后，我和丹尼斯一同回到了工作室。
13. Her life was changed by a chance meeting with her former art master a few years ago.
    她的生活因几年前同她以前的美术老师的偶遇改变了。
14. She moved to London, meeting some of the best minds of her time.
    她搬到了伦敦，遇见了她那个时代最有头脑的一些人。
15. I was meeting these chaps who were mostly more or less my own age.
    我见到了这帮小伙子，他们多数和我年龄相仿。
16. This has been a good chance of meeting up with everyone again.
    这是一个和大家再次见面的好机会。
17. He's been meeting with British parliamentarians and government officials.
    他一直在与英国议员和政府官员会晤。
18. I had prepared for the meeting by putting down what I wanted from them.
    我已为会议做了准备，写下了我想从他们那里得到的东西。
19. We had a short meeting.
    我们开了个短会。
20. NATO defense ministers wrap up their meeting in Brussels today
    北约各国国防部长今天圆满结束了在布鲁塞尔的会议。
21. He made some perfunctory remarks at the meeting.
    他在会上讲了些不痛不痒的话。
22. Were you at the meeting last Sunday?
    你参加上星期日的会了吗？
23. I wanted to avoid a meeting with her.
    我想避免与她会面。
24. We all attended the meeting.
    我们全体都参加了会议。
25. Three comrades spoke at the meeting.
    有三个同志在会上发了言。
26. Did you speak at the meeting?
    你在会上发言了吗？
27. All countries were represented at the meeting.
    所有国家均派代表出席了会议。
28. I'm afraid the meeting will be postponed.
    会议怕要延期了。
29. We may reasonably conclude that the meeting has been postponed.
    我们有理由可以断定，会议推迟了。
30. He mistook the time and did not attend the meeting.
    他误时了，以致没有参加那个会议。

  meeting conference convention session【导航词义：会议】

  meeting n. 会议

〔辨析〕普通用词，指人们集合在一起讨论或决定某事的集会，可用于任何场合。

  conference n. 会议

〔辨析〕尤指会持续数天的、有关政治、商业等重要事务的大型正式会议。

  convention n. 大会

〔辨析〕指同一职业、同一组织或有共同爱好的人聚在一起召开的大型正式会议。

  session n. 会议

〔辨析〕指正式会议，尤指议会的一次会议或系列会议。

n.

a meeting of minds

• 彼此间的深刻理解（尤指初会时就意见一致）
  a close understanding between people with similar ideas, especially when they meet to do sth or meet for the first time

noun

1. the act of joining together as one
   1. the merging of the two groups occurred quickly
   2. there was no meeting of minds

   Synonym:    mergingcoming together

2. the social act of assembling for some common purpose
   1. his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day

   Synonym:    coming together

3. a casual or unexpected convergence
   1. he still remembers their meeting in Paris
   2. there was a brief encounter in the hallway

   Synonym:    encounter

4. a formally arranged gathering
   1. next year the meeting will be in Chicago
   2. the meeting elected a chairperson

   Synonym:    group meeting

5. a small informal social gathering
   1. there was an informal meeting in my living room

   Synonym:    get together

6. a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
   1. Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers

   Synonym:    confluence