a meeting of a deliberative or judicial body to conduct its business (审议或立法机构的)会议 ■a period during which such meetings are regularly held (审议或立法机构会议的)会期 legislation to curb wildcat strikes will be introduced during the coming parliamentary session. 限制野猫式罢工的立法将在下期议会上提出。 ■the governing body of a Presbyterian Church 基督教长老会的执行委员会。 参见Kirk session
[often with modifier]a period devoted to a particular activity 活动课 gym is followed by a training session. 体操之后是训练课。 ■(informal)a period of heavy or sustained drinking (非正式)一段时间的酗酒 ■a period of recording music in a studio, especially by a session musician (尤指录音师的)灌录音乐时间 he did the sessions for a Great Country Hits album. 他灌录了《乡村巨大冲击波》专辑。 ■an academic year 学年 ■the period during which a school has classes 学校的上课时间
常用词组 in session
assembled for or proceeding with business 聚在一起做某事;在做某事
派生 sessional adjective 语源
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sessio(n-), from sess- 'seated' (see sessile)