syllabus
/ˈsɪləbəs/noun
(pl. syllabuses或 syllabi /-baɪ/)
1
- the subjects in a course of study or teaching课程大纲; 教学大纲：
there isn't time to cover the syllabus
没时间完成大纲了
the history syllabus.
历史课教学大纲。
2
- (in the Roman Catholic Church) a summary of points decided by papal decree regarding heretical doctrines or practices（罗马天主教会用教令宣布的）事项举要。
词源
mid 17th cent. （in the sense 'concise table of headings of a discourse'）： modern Latin, originally a misreading of Latin sittybas, accusative plural of sittyba, from Greek sittuba 'title slip, label'.