第2个回答 2016-01-20
council:专门,专项会议.由选定的专家和特定职能的人员形成的议事机构.meeting:广义上的会议,一般的聚集性会议.meeting可以用于两人或多人,表示偶然的或拟定的,短暂的或持续的聚会.它的用途很广,可用于日常普通场合,也可用于特殊的或官方的正式场合.如:The students had a class meeting last Friday. The summit meeting of the state heads came to an end two days later. conference:人数较多的正式学术会议,政论型会议.conference指专门性的正式会议,常用于就某个重大问题进行专门研究或交换意见的讨论会、协商会等.如:Many reporters came to attend the press conference. The annual conference of geologists will be held in Chicago this year. 比较:council偏重于机构性会议;meeging 为广义的会议;conference则表示专项议题性讨论会.以下还有另外两个近义词“会议”,一起区别一下:gathering一般指非正式的集会,常用于群众性的活动(像联欢会等).如:A public gathering was held in Zhongshan Park on May Day. party指社交性或娱乐性的集会.如:Mary and I were invited to Jane’s birthday party the other day. Mr.Brown gave a dinner party last Thursday.