agenda

英 [?'d?end?] 美[?'d??nd?]

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復數(shù):?agendas;

agenda: agenda: [17] Agenda is the plural of Latin agendum, which is the gerundive form of the verb agere ‘do’ (see AGENT); it thus means literally ‘things to be done’. When the word first entered the language it was given an anglicized singular form, agend, with the plural agends, but this seems to have disappeared by the 18th century. The formal plurality of agenda is still often insisted on by purists, but it has been used as a singular noun since the mid 18th century.
=> act, agent
agenda (n.): 1650s, from Latin agenda, literally "things to be done," neuter plural of agendus, gerundive of agere "to do" (see act (n.)). Originally theological (opposed to matters of belief), sense of "items of business to be done at a meeting" first attested 1882. "If a singular is required (=one item of the agenda) it is now agendum, the former singular agend being obsolete" [Fowler].

1. Never before has a summit had such a crowded agenda.: 以前從來沒有一次峰會的日程排得這么滿。

2. On arrival, a six-course meal was top of the agenda.: 他們到達之后要做的第一件事是吃一頓六道菜的大餐。

3. Officials tussled over who had responsibility for the newly fashionable unemployment agenda.: 眾官員為誰負責最近備受關注的失業(yè)議題一事爭得不可開交。

4. The Danish president will put environmental issues high on the agenda.: 丹麥總統(tǒng)將試圖把環(huán)境問題擺到重要位置上。

5. Education, quite rightly, is currently at the forefront of the political agenda.: 目前教育被排在政治議程的首位，這樣做非常恰當。