compendium

compendium

英 [kəm'pendɪəm]
　　美 [kəm'pɛndɪəm]

n. 綱要；概略

中文詞源：

compendium 匯編

com-, 強調。-pend, 懸垂，稱量，詞源同pendulum, pound .即掛到一起的，匯編。

例句：

1. The Compendium of Materia Medica has been held in high esteem since it was first published.
“本草綱目”問世之後,深受人們的推重.

2. The Roman Catholic Church has issued a compendium of its teachings.
天主教會已經頒佈瞭其教義綱要。

3. This encyclopedia is truly a compendium of knowledge.
這部百科全書真正是知識寶庫.

4. London was " the biggest aggregation of human life - the most complete compendium of the world ".
倫敦是 “ 人文薈萃之區,全球最完備的縮影 ”.

5. We observe the endless classical references in The Compendium of Ecclesiastical History written by Cotton Mather.
我們發現科頓·馬瑟的《蘭宗教史摘要》中,也用瞭無數典故.