council:專門，專項(xiàng)會(huì)議。由選定的專家和特定職能的人員形成的議事機(jī)構(gòu)。meeting: 廣義上的會(huì)議，一般的聚集性會(huì)議。 meeting可以用于兩人或多人，表示偶然的或擬定的，短暫的或持續(xù)的聚會(huì)。它的用途很廣，可用于日常普通場合，也可用于特殊的或官方的正式場合。如： The students had a class meeting last Friday． The summit meeting of the state heads came to an end two days later． conference: 人數(shù)較多的正式學(xué)術(shù)會(huì)議，政論型會(huì)議。conference指專門性的正式會(huì)議，常用于就某個(gè)重大問題進(jìn)行專門研究或交換意見的討論會(huì)、協(xié)商會(huì)等。如： Many reporters came to attend the press conference． The annual conference of geologists will be held in Chicago this year． 比較:council偏重于機(jī)構(gòu)性會(huì)議；meeging 為廣義的會(huì)議；conference則表示專項(xiàng)議題性討論會(huì)。以下還有另外兩個(gè)近義詞“會(huì)議”，一起區(qū)別一下： gathering一般指非正式的集會(huì)，常用于群眾性的活動(dòng)（像聯(lián)歡會(huì)等）。如： A public gathering was held in Zhongshan Park on May Day． party指社交性或娛樂性的集會(huì)。如： Mary and I were invited to Jane’s birthday party the other day． Mr．Brown gave a dinner party last Thursday．

The meeting詞典結(jié)果：meeting; conference; congress; seance; sergeant at arms ;