symposium

シンポジウム

専門家が特定のテーマについて発表し、意見を交わす会。

やさしい英語で： A meeting where experts give talks and discuss a particular subject.

• She attended a medical symposium.
• The symposium on education attracted several hundred teachers.
• Three speakers presented their research at the symposium.

使い方： a symposium on something (The university hosted a symposium on climate change.)

類義語： conference, seminar

よく使う表現： international symposium, symposium on something, attend a symposium

饗宴

古代ギリシャで、人々が酒を飲みながら思想などを語り合った宴。

やさしい英語で： An ancient Greek party where people drank together and often discussed ideas.

• Wine was served at the symposium.
• The guests discussed philosophy during the symposium.
• A painted cup shows men reclining at a symposium.

類義語： drinking party

よく使う表現： ancient symposium, Greek symposium, host a symposium

論文集

複数の人が同じテーマについて書いた文章をまとめたもの。

やさしい英語で： A collection of articles about one subject written by several different people.

• The journal published a symposium on migration.
• Several historians contributed essays to the symposium.
• She edited a symposium about the future of education.

使い方： a symposium on something (The book is a symposium on modern poetry.)

類義語： collection, anthology

よく使う表現： published symposium, symposium on something, edit a symposium