meet /mi:t/ I. vt.&vi. (met, met) 1. 遇见,会见,迎接: I met him in the library.我在图书馆见到了他。We’d better go to the station to meet them. 我们最好到车站迎接他们。 2.满足,符合: meet a person’s wishes (need) 满足某人的希望(需要) 3.相遇,相会:The two rivers meet there.两条河流在那儿相遇。 4.集合,开会:Our group meets once a week.我们的小组每周开会一次。 meet with(偶然)碰到:He has overcome all the difficulties he met with. 他克服了所遇到的一切困难。‖II. n.[c] 会,集会: There is going to be a sports meet next week.下周要举行运动会。
[辨析]meet和meeting都可表示“集会”,但meeting 是一般用语;meet 指户外游戏等的一类集会、聚会。
meeting /ˈmi:tiŋ/ n.[c] 1.会,集会: have a meeting开会;at the meeting 会上 2.见面,会见(通常只作sing):avoid a meeting with sb. 避免与某人见面
[辨析]见meet
[辨析]与assembly, conference, convention, congress和session 辨见assembly