n.(名词)

1. 会议，讨论会，协商会，招待会，碰头会，研讨会，商讨会
2. 成人补习班
3. （学校、教会、体育队等的）联盟
4. 讨论，协商，谈判，商议
5. 会谈，会晤
6. 授与
7. 联合会
8. 航运费协议
9. 体育协会

v.(动词)

1. 参加（电话）会议

n.(名词)

1. [C]会议 meeting
2. [U]讨论,商谈 a meeting held so that opinions and ideas on a subject, or a number of subjects, can be exchanged

Noun:

1. a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)

2. an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

3. a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic

1.(常持续数天的)专题讨论会，研讨会
Aconference is a meeting, often lasting a few days, which is organized on a particular subject or to bring together people who have a common interest.

e.g. The President summoned all the state governors to aconference on education.
总统召集各州州长召开了一次教育研讨会。
e.g. ...the Conservative Partyconference...
保守党大会

2.会议;正式商谈
Aconference is a meeting at which formal discussions take place.

e.g. They sat down at the dinner table, as they always did, before the meal, for aconference...
他们在餐桌旁坐下，和平常一样，吃饭之前要开个会。
e.g. Her employer was inconference with two lawyers and did not want to be interrupted.
她的老板在和两位律师谈事情，不想有人打扰。

3. see also: press conference

1. 研讨会：会展旅游(MICE)包括会议(meeting)、奖励旅游(incentive)、研讨会(conference)和展览(exhibition). 针对这几类产品的不同特点,旅行社在组团服务中应推出不同的项目(考虑到会议和研讨会的组团服务上的相似性,将这两类产品归在一起).

1. Nearly all the members attended the conference.
   几乎全体成员都出席了这次会议。
2. The manager can't see you now, because he is in conference.
   经理现在不能见你,因为他正在开会。
3. I'll have a conference with the manager.
   我要和经理商谈一下。

• Nor with such free and friendly conference As..of old.

  出自：Julius Caesar,Shakespeare

• There was a conference of four union officials as to whether the..coal-miners..should strike.

  出自：S. Lewis

Southeast conference football champions

东南部联盟的橄榄球联赛

The hotel is used for exhibitions, conferences and social events.

这家饭店用于举行展览、大型会议和社交活动。

a conference room'/centre'/hall

会议室 / 中心 / 厅

She is attending a three-day conference on AIDS education.

她正在出席一个为期三天的有关艾滋病教育的会议。

The conference will be held in Glasgow.

会议将在格拉斯哥举行。

delegates to the Labour Party's annual conference

参加工党年会的代表

Ministers from all four countries involved will meet at the conference table this week.

有关四国将各派部长于本周开会协商。

He was in conference with his lawyers all day.

他与他的律师们商讨了一整天。

The President summoned all the state governors to a conference on education.

总统召集各州州长召开了一次教育研讨会。

...the Conservative Party conference...

保守党大会

They sat down at the dinner table, as they always did, before the meal, for a conference...

他们在餐桌旁坐下，和平常一样，吃饭之前要开个会。

Her employer was in conference with two lawyers and did not want to be interrupted.

她的老板在和两位律师谈事情，不想有人打扰。

I always thought he was a great coach and I respect the way he is working.

我一直认为他是一个优秀的,我尊敬他的执教风格.

The representatives pronounced against the decision made at the conference.

代表们对会议作出的决定表示反对.

He's tied up in conference all day.

他一整天都在开会.

The conference hall is provided with facilities for simultaneous interpretation in five languages.

这个会议大厅配有五种语言的同声传译设备.

The conference begins this week against a backdrop of unmitigated gloom.

会议这个星期在一片愁云惨雾中开始.

The announcement was made in an impromptu press conference at the airport.

这一宣布是在机场举行的临时新闻发布会上作出的.

The conference was inaugurated yesterday.

大会于昨天开幕.

The conference was hailed as a great success.

会议被称颂为一次巨大的成功。

The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls.

会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。

But at the annual party conference he always made the right noises.

但在每年政党会议上，他总是随声附和。

Last weekend the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland held a conference, attended by 450 delegates.

上周末，苏格兰的天主教会举行了一次会议，450名代表与会。

The economy will come under the spotlight today at the conference of the Trades Union Congress.

经济将会成为今天工会代表大会会议上的焦点。

The conference, which closed yesterday, was a prelude to a Communist Party Central Committee meeting.

昨天结束的会议拉开了共产党中央委员会会议的序幕。

We must do everything in our power to ensure the success of the conference.

我们必须尽一切能力保证会议圆满成功。

There are three conference rooms each of which is equipped with a screen, flipchart and audio visual equipment.

有3个会议室，每个会议室都配有屏幕、活动挂图板和视听设备。

Book your place on this unmissable conference.

此次会议不可错过，现在就预订位置吧。

• ☆ 16世纪50年代进入英语，直接源自法语的confrence；最初源自中世纪拉丁语的conferentia，意为正式的交谈会晤。