Conference

(noun.) a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic.

(noun.) a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda).

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• Fanny, cried Tom Bertram, from the other table, where the conference was eagerly carrying on, and the conversation incessant, we want your services. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Out of the question, sir,' remarked Sam Weller, coming to assist in the conference; 'it's a cruelty to animals, sir, to ask 'em to do it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The Paris of the Conference, says Dr. Dillon, ceased to be the capital of France. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Mr. Lorry readily engaged for that, and the conference was ended. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Moore should have been at hand, whereas he was quite at the other extremity of the room, deep in conference with Christopher Sykes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This revived the others; and Miss Tomkins having been brought to, and brought down, the conference began. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• So ended our conference, which I was very glad to bring to a close. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• These were the practical ends they sought at the Hague Conference. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It was plain enough that she was posed by the same difficulty which had posed Mr. Franklin and me in our conference at the Shivering Sand. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The conference was a long one. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• At last Mr. Guppy came back, looking something the worse for the conference. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Their brief conference took place in the hall. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They were a full half-hour in conference. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I wish to have a private conference with you two, said he, when he had surveyed me at his leisure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• In which a Great Patriotic Conference is holden The famous name of Merdle became, every day, more famous in the land. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The Stryver clerk, who never assisted at these conferences, had gone home, and the Stryver principal opened the door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• At the beginning of every campaign the newspapers tell about secret conferences in which the candidate and his managers decide upon the line of attack. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• If he called at the rectory, it was only to hold conferences with the rector in his study. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• You will kindly excuse an invalid, I said--but long conferences of any kind invariably upset me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• These Hague Conferences did nothing to dispel the idea that international life is necessarily competitive. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It is as if the convention adopted the Decalogue, while these secret conferences decided which of the Commandments was to be made the issue. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• These conferences are decisive. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It has been the privilege of the writers to be present at some of these conferences, not only as participants, but in some cases as lookers-on while awaiting their turn. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• His conferences with his confessor I might guess; the part duty and religion were made to play in the persuasions used, I might conjecture. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Well, Mr. Moore (so these conferences always ended), take care of yourself. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• You hear it in the loud, clear, but more restrained tones of Congresses and Conferences. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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