agenda

英 [ə'dʒendə] 美[ə'dʒɛndə]

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复数: 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.: 以前从来没有一次峰会的日程排得这么满。

2. On arrival, a six-course meal was top of the agenda.: 他们到达之后要做的第一件事是吃一顿六道菜的大餐。

3. Officials tussled over who had responsibility for the newly fashionable unemployment agenda.: 众官员为谁负责最近备受关注的失业议题一事争得不可开交。

4. The Danish president will put environmental issues high on the agenda.: 丹麦总统将试图把环境问题摆到重要位置上。

5. Education, quite rightly, is currently at the forefront of the political agenda.: 目前教育被排在政治议程的首位，这样做非常恰当。