symposium
/sɪmˈpəʊzɪəm/noun
(pl. symposia /-zɪə/或symposiums)
1- a conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject讨论会。
1.1
- a collection of essays or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors（很多作者就某一专题所撰写的）专题论文集。
1.2
- a drinking party or convivial discussion, especially as held in ancient Greece after a banquet (and notable as the title of a work by Plato)（尤指古希腊在宴会后举行的）酒会（因与柏拉图一作品同名而著名）。
词源
late 16th cent. (denoting a drinking party)： via Latin from Greek sumposion, from sumpotēs 'fellow drinker', from sun- 'together' + potēs 'drinker'.