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a list of items to be discussed at a meeting (会议的)议程表,议事日程 We have a very full agenda of issues to discuss. 我们的议程安排很满,有很多议题要讨论。 - on the agenda
The next item on the agenda is the publicity budget. 议程表上的下一项是宣传预算。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb2A copy of the agenda is circulated to delegates a month before the conference. 议程已于开会前一个月发给各位代表。 An 18-point agenda was drawn up for the meeting. 为这次会议拟定了 18 项议题的议程。 Safety at work is on the agenda for next month's meeting. 劳动安全问题已列入下个月的会议议程。 The question of pay had been left off the agenda. 报酬问题没有列入议程。
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a plan of things to be done, or problems to be addressed (待办事项或待解决问题的)计划,方案 - on the agenda
In our company, quality is high on the agenda. 我们公司高度重视质量。 They have been trying to get the issue onto the political agenda. 他们一直试图把这个问题提上政治议程。 Child poverty has been pushed off the agenda. 贫困儿童问题已被排除在议事日程之外。 Education is now at the top of the government's agenda (= most important). 教育现在是政府的首要议程。 Cost-cutting is top of the agenda for the next quarter. 削减成本是下一季度的首要任务。 Newspapers have been accused of trying to set the agenda for the government (= decide what is important). 人们指责报章企图替政府决定政务的轻重缓急。 - agenda for something
The college needs to draw up an agenda for change. 这所学院需要起草一个改革日程表。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb2This is an ambitious agenda that will take time to implement. 这是个宏大的计划,实施起来需要时间。 An expensive holiday is definitely off the agenda this year. 今年我们肯定不会考虑度一个奢华的假期。 Next on the agenda is deciding where we're going to live. 下一步要考虑的就是我们将在哪里生活。 The party has a rather narrow political agenda. 该党的政治议程涉及范围相当窄。 We have an agreed agenda for action. 我们有一项议定的行动日程。 We were following an agenda set by the students themselves. 我们正按照学生自己制订的议程表行事。
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the intention behind what somebody says or does, that is often secret (隐秘的)意图,目的 The artist is letting his own agenda affect what was meant to be a community project. 这本是个集体项目,可这个艺术家在其中掺入了自己的个人意图。
Extra ExamplesThey were pursuing their own agenda. 他们那时正按照自己的议程表行事。 I'm not trying to push any agenda here. 我在此并无逼迫大家制订任何议程的意思。
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘things to be done’): from Latin, neuter plural of agendum, gerundive of agere ‘do’.