[mass noun]the expression of opinions or offering of explanations about an event or situation (关于事件或情况的)评论;解说 narrative overlaid with commentary. 评论过多的叙述。 [count noun]an editorial commentary. 社论。 ■[count noun]a descriptive spoken account (especially on radio or television) of an event or a performance as it happens (尤指广播,电视)(对事件或表演的)实况报道;解说词 ■[count noun]a set of explanatory or critical notes on a text (一组)注释(或评注);集注 a commentary on the Old Testament. 《圣经•旧约》集注。
语源
late Middle English: from Latin commentarius, commentarium (adjective, used as a noun), from commentari, frequentative of comminisci 'devise'