seminar

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A seminar is a meeting where a group of people discuss a problem or topic. 研討會; 專題討論會
...a series of half-day seminars to help businessmen get the best value from investing in information technology. …一系列幫助商界人士從投資信息技術(shù)中獲得最大價值的每次為期半天的專題討論會。
2. N-COUNT A seminar is a class at a college or university in which the teacher and a small group of students discuss a topic. (大學(xué)里由教師指導(dǎo)小組學(xué)生參加的) 研討班
Students are asked to prepare material in advance of each weekly seminar. 要求學(xué)生為每星期一次的研討班預(yù)先準備好材料。

I attended the seminars for two months .
I have a seminar to attend before lunch .
I've already missed five seminars this month through ill-health.
She gave a brilliant seminar on Dickens.
I went to most of my seminars at university though I skipped one or two of the lectures .