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a list of items to be discussed at a meeting (會議的)議程表,議事日程 We have a very full agenda of issues to discuss. 我們的議程安排很滿,有很多議題要討論。 - on the agenda
The next item on the agenda is the publicity budget. 議程表上的下一項是宣傳預算。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb2A copy of the agenda is circulated to delegates a month before the conference. 議程已於開會前一個月發給各位代表。 An 18-point agenda was drawn up for the meeting. 爲這次會議拟定了 18 項議題的議程。 Safety at work is on the agenda for next month's meeting. 勞動安全問題已列入下個月的會議議程。 The question of pay had been left off the agenda. 報酬問題沒有列入議程。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- five-point
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a plan of things to be done, or problems to be addressed (待辦事項或待解決問題的)計劃,方案 - on the agenda
In our company, quality is high on the agenda. 我們公司高度重視質量。 They have been trying to get the issue onto the political agenda. 他們一直試圖把這個問題提上政治議程。 Child poverty has been pushed off the agenda. 貧困兒童問題已被排除在議事日程之外。 Education is now at the top of the government's agenda (= most important). 教育現在是政府的首要議程。 Cost-cutting is top of the agenda for the next quarter. 削減成本是下一季度的首要任務。 Newspapers have been accused of trying to set the agenda for the government (= decide what is important). 人們指責報章企圖替政府決定政務的輕重緩急。 - agenda for something
The college needs to draw up an agenda for change. 這所學院需要起草一個改革日程表。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb2This is an ambitious agenda that will take time to implement. 這是個宏大的計劃,實施起來需要時間。 An expensive holiday is definitely off the agenda this year. 今年我們肯定不會考慮度一個奢華的假期。 Next on the agenda is deciding where we're going to live. 下一步要考慮的就是我們將在哪裏生活。 The party has a rather narrow political agenda. 該黨的政治議程涉及範圍相當窄。 We have an agreed agenda for action. 我們有一項議定的行動日程。 We were following an agenda set by the students themselves. 我們正按照學生自己制訂的議程表行事。
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the intention behind what somebody says or does, that is often secret (隐秘的)意圖,目的 The artist is letting his own agenda affect what was meant to be a community project. 這本是個集體項目,可這個藝術家在其中摻入了自己的個人意圖。
Extra ExamplesThey were pursuing their own agenda. 他們那時正按照自己的議程表行事。 I'm not trying to push any agenda here. 我在此並無逼迫大家制訂任何議程的意思。
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘things to be done’): from Latin, neuter plural of agendum, gerundive of agere ‘do’.