forum的意思是什么

1. 讨论会，座谈会
2. 论坛
3. 古罗马城镇的广场，广场
4. 法庭
5. 会议场，公共讨论场所，公共集会场所，场所，公会所
6. 评论，评判
7. 专题讲话节目，专题讨论节目
8. 制裁
9. 《论坛》（杂志）

1. a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
2. a public facility to meet for open discussion

1.(尤指讨论重大公共问题的)论坛，会议场所，讨论会
Aforum is a place, situation, or group in which people exchange ideas and discuss issues, especially important public issues.

e.g. Members of the council agreed that it still had an important role as aforum for discussion...
理事会成员一致认为它仍然发挥着论坛的重要作用。
e.g. The organisation would provide aforum where problems could be discussed.
这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

2.(古罗马城镇中讨论商业和政治问题的)广场
In ancient Roman towns, theforum was a square where people met to discuss business and political matters.

• conduct〔hold〕 a forum召开讨论会
• provide a forum提供论坛
• seek a new forum寻求新讲坛

• accepted forum可接受的座谈节目

• radio forum广播专题讲话节目

• at the forum在讨论会上
• during the forum在讨论会上

• forum for public arguments公众论坛
• the forum of conscience道德法庭

• The principal Forum; which appears to have been of a circular, or rather elliptical form.

  出自：Gibbon

• ☆ 1460年进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的forum，意为市场。