anthology

名词 anthology:

1. a collection of selected literary passages

1. An anthology, as of ballads or poems.
   选集民歌选集或诗歌选集
2. Something, such as a set of data, a report, or an anthology, that is compiled.
   汇编指编辑好的一套数据、一篇报道或一部选集
3. The anthology reveals a prejudice in favour of lyric poets.
   这部选集显示出对抒情诗人有所偏爱。

an.thol.o.gy

n.（名词）
【复数】 an.thol.o.gies
A collection of literary pieces, such as poems, short stories, or plays.
选集：文学作品集，如诗歌、短篇小说或戏剧
A miscellany, an assortment, or a catalog, as of complaints, comments, or ideas:
杂集：杂集，集锦或目录，如抱怨，评论或观点的杂集：
例句：
.The Irish love their constitution for what it is: an anthology of the clerical-nationalist ideas of 93', when it was drawn up.(Economist)
.爱尔兰人热爱他们的宪法：当它在93'年被制定出来时就是宗教民族主义思想的杂集.(经济学家)

来源：
Medieval Greek anthologia [collection of epigrams]
中世纪希腊语 anthologia [格言集]
from Greek [flower gathering]
源自 希腊语 [花束]
from anthologein [to gather flowers]
源自 anthologein [采花]
antho- [antho-]
antho- [前缀，表示.花.]
logos [a gathering] from legein [to gather] * see leg-
logos [集合] 源自 legein [采，摘，聚集] *参见 leg-

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an.tholog.ical