摘要：“convene”源自拉丁语“convenire”，由“com-”（一起）和“venire”（来）组成，字面意为“聚集到一起”。该词于14世纪进入英语，最初指召集会议或聚会，后来扩展到更广义的“召集、组织”活动或事件。它与“convention”（大会）和“c

convene

英 [kən'viːn] 美 [kən'viːn]

vi.集合 vt.集合；召集；召唤

“convene”源自拉丁语“convenire”，由“com-”（一起）和“venire”（来）组成，字面意为“聚集到一起”。该词于14世纪进入英语，最初指召集会议或聚会，后来扩展到更广义的“召集、组织”活动或事件。它与“convention”（大会）和“convenient”（方便）同根，强调集体行动的组织性。

◉外刊例句

① The Economist, May 20, 2023

The United Nations will convene a summit to address global food security next month.

联合国将于下个月召集一次峰会，讨论全球粮食安全问题。

② The New York Times, October 12, 2024

The board convened urgently to discuss the CEO’s resignation.

董事会紧急召集会议，讨论首席执行官的辞职事宜。

③ The Guardian, March 5, 2022

Protesters demanded that the government convene a public inquiry into the scandal.

抗议者要求政府召集公开调查，处理这起丑闻。

◉经典名著

① 《The Scarlet Letter》by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850)

The magistrates convened to deliberate on Hester Prynne’s punishment.

地方官员们聚集商议对海丝特·普林的惩罚。

② 《Bleak House》by Charles Dickens (1853)

The court convened to hear the case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce.

法庭开庭审理贾迪斯与贾迪斯一案。

◉Usage Examples

(1) The tribunal will convene tomorrow.

(2) The committee will convene at 11.30 next Thursday.

(3) The Board shall convene an emergency meeting to review and confirm such report.

(4) People were convened here for an emergency meeting.

(1) 法庭将于明日开庭。

(2) 委员会将在下星期四上午 11:30 开会。

(3) 董事会应召开紧急会议对该报告进行审议并核准。

(4) 人们被召集到这里举行紧急会议。

◉Usage Notes

The verb convene is a somewhat formal way of saying "to bring together for the purpose of a meeting."

Convene is one of those words that lend an air of formality to a situation. We use it in place of the words "call a meeting" for such situations as government assemblages, court hearings, and conferences. Its meaning can be easily seen in its history — it comes from the Latin con-, which means "together," and the verb venīre, "to come." Imagine, if the syllables had just fit the music, the John Lennon song "Come together," might have been called Convene.

1[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]召集；集合；开会 If someone convenes a meeting or conference, they arrange for it to take place. You can also say that people convene or that a meeting convenes . [V n] [V] [V-ing] [FORMAL 正式]

Last August he convened a meeting of his closest advisers at Camp David...

去年8月，他召集自己最亲近的顾问在戴维营开会。

Senior officials convened in October 1991 in London.

1991年10月，高级官员在伦敦会齐。

...the convening of an international peace conference.

一次国际和平会议的召开

来源：学无用的英语