英汉词典

topic 基本解释

• n. 主题（等于theme）；题目；一般规则；总论

topic 词态变化

topic 中文词源

来自拉丁语 topica,题目，话题，来自希腊语 topikos,关于某地的，来自 topos,地方，词源同 topography.

topic 英文词源

topic

topic: [16] Greek tópos meant ‘place’. From it was derived the adjective topikós ‘of a place’, which came to mean ‘commonplace’. Aristotle used it in the title of his treatise Tà topiká, which contains commonplace arguments, and it was with direct reference to this that the word first arrived in English (via Latin topica). The sense ‘subject, theme’ arose in the 18th century from the notion of the various heads of argument contained in Tà topiká and works like it.

The derived topical [16] originally meant ‘of topics’; the specialization to ‘of topics of the day, of current interest’ is as recent as the second half of the 19th century. The word’s original notion of ‘place’ is preserved in topography [15] and topology [17]. The diminutive form of Greek tópos was tópion ‘small place’, hence ‘field’.

Latin took over its plural as topia, and used it for ‘ornamental gardening’. From it was derived the adjective topiārius, which forms the basis of English topiary [16].
=> topiary, topography

topic (n.)

1630s, "a class of considerations from which probable arguments can be drawn," singular form of "Topics" (1560s), the name of a work by Aristotle on logical and rhetorical generalities, from Latin Topica, from Greek Ta Topika, literally "matters concerning topoi," "commonplaces," neuter plural of noun use of topikos "pertaining to a common place, of a place, local," from topos "place" (see topos). The meaning "matter treated in speech or writing, subject, theme" is first recorded 1720.

topic 英文释义

1. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion;

"he didn't want to discuss that subject"

"it was a very sensitive topic"

"his letters were always on the theme of love"

2. some situation or event that is thought about;

"he kept drifting off the topic"

"he had been thinking about the subject for several years"

"it is a matter for the police"

topic 同义词解析

issue, subject, theme, topic

这些名词均有"主题，话题"之意。

issue： 指有争论、议论，急需讨论研究的热点话题。

subject： 一般用词，使用广泛。指书籍、文章、演讲、讨论等中所隐含的、暗示的，需要由读者或听众推断的主题或中心话题。

theme： 系正式用词，多指文学、艺术作品的主题，或论文、演说的主题。

topic： 普通用词，含义广泛，但其范畴小于subject。既可指文章、讲话的题目，谈话的内容，又可指提纲中的标题甚至段落的主题或中心思想。

topic 双语例句

1. Radical feminism is currently the fashionable topic among the chattering classes.

激进的女权主义是时下名嘴阶层热议的话题。

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2. No one article can ever do justice to the topic of fraud.

没有哪一篇文章能把欺诈这一话题讲得恰到好处。

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3. The weather is a constant topic of conversation in Britain.

在英国，天气是交谈中永恒的话题。

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4. The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo.

毒瘾仍然是个有些忌讳的话题。

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5. A disproportionate amount of time was devoted to one topic.

纠缠在同一个话题上的时间太长了。

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topic 实用场景例句

The main topic of conversation was Tom's new girlfriend.

交谈的主要话题是汤姆的新女友。

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The article covered a wide range of topics.

这篇文章讨论了一系列广泛的论题。

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The weather is a constant topic of conversation in Britain…

在英国，天气是交谈中永恒的话题。

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The main topic for discussion is political union...

讨论的主题是政治联合。

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What do you like to do in your spare time?

空闲时你喜欢干什么?

辞典例句

There was a careful avoidance of the sensitive topic in the scholastic circles.

学术界小心地避开那个敏感的话题.

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We tried our best to head Henry off the topic, because we knew he'd reveal confidential information.

我们竭力把亨利从那个话题上扯开, 因为我们知道那样谈下去他会泄露机密.

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The topic of argument is controversial.

这个议题是很有争议的.

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The weather is a stock topic of conversation.

天气是老一套的话题.

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Religion is a diffuse topic liable to unending disputation whereas theism is not.

宗教是一个容易引起无休止争论的弥散型话题,而有神论则不是.

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Don't overload your lecture with details that do not bear on the topic under discussion.

讲课时不要过多地谈与本题无关的细节.

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Sensing the interest of the audience, the speaker warmed to his topic.

演讲者感觉到听众对他的话题有兴趣, 讲得更加起劲了.

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The book jumps from one topic to another.

这本书从一个主题跳到另一个主题.

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He discoursed on an interesting topic.

他就一个有趣的题目发表了演讲.

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Once he starts talking, he will go far afield from his original topic.

他只要一开始说话, 就会偏离原来的话题.

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This essay is so short that it can only scratch the surface of the topic.

这篇文章很短,只能对这一问题作肤浅的探讨.

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a topic much discussed in barrooms across the country

全国各地酒吧间议论纷纷的话题

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a hotly debated topic

激烈辩论的话题

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I have a meeting with my supervisor about my research topic.

我要就我的研究课题同导师见一次面。

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The main topic of conversation was Tom's new girlfriend.

交谈的主要话题是汤姆的新女友。

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He chose an uncontroversial topic for his speech.

他为自己的演讲选择了一个不会引起争议的话题。

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She would have liked to ask questions, but he had moved on to another topic.

她本想问问题，但他又继续谈另一个话题去了。

柯林斯例句

When I taught, I would assign a topic to children which they would write about.

我教课时会给孩子们布置一个题目，让他们就这个题目写点东西。

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Radical feminism is currently the fashionable topic among the chattering classes.

激进的女权主义是时下名嘴阶层热议的话题。

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No one article can ever do justice to the topic of fraud.

没有哪一篇文章能把欺诈这一话题讲得恰到好处。

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The War will remain a heated topic of debate for some time to come.

这场战争在未来的一段时间内仍将是人们热议的话题。

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Sex education in schools was the buzz topic.

性教育在学校是个热议话题。

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In addition to the 81 positive comments, 26 students had neutral, mixed, negative or off topic views.

除了81条正面评价之外，有26位学生的观点或中立，或褒贬参半，或负面，甚或跑了题。

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The topic is not taught in degree courses.

学位课程不讲授这个课题。

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