Definition of agenda in English:

agenda

noun əˈdʒɛndəəˈdʒɛndə

1A list of items to be discussed at a formal meeting.
议程
the question of nuclear weapons had been removed from the agenda
核武器问题被从议程上取消了。
Example sentencesExamples
- Coun Stainton, who runs Ingleton-based business Status Volkswagen Parts, also claimed the council did not send him the minutes of meetings or agendas and if they did they were too late.
- The minutes of meetings, agendas, project updates and information about how Calne Town Council works are now all available online.
- The council began the website a year ago giving details of council business - dates, agendas for forthcoming meetings and minutes of past ones.
- The British and Swedish findings have now been put on the agendas for the next meetings of the committee which advises the European Commission on food safety and the World Health Organisation.
- Under flood committee rules, agendas for its meetings are not made public until after they have been held.
- Darin Jewell drafted agendas for two meetings between Mandelson and the brothers.
- The organization also hands out draft agendas in advance of meetings, and supplies all board members with minutes.
- The meeting discussed the agenda for the games and a further meeting will be held at a later date.
- I am more than content to discuss this issue further and will add this to the agenda for our next meeting.
- To achieve these successfully a committee with properly notified meeting times and agendas needs to be put in place.
- Our meetings no longer have agendas or redundant handouts, because we don't need them.
- He added that the issue had been added to the agenda of a full meeting of the deans of education this week.
- When he had been Mayor he had proposed that Any Other Business be removed from the meeting agendas.
- Shareholders can use the opportunity to place items on the meeting agenda or to ask questions.
- The cabinet has agreed to publish agendas before each meeting, publicly going into depth on the issues which will be discussed.
- Tyab says the student society is not receiving agendas for the board meetings and he wanted to gain insight into the goings on at the development corporation.
- Mayor Graham Francis said the meeting agenda had been on display outside the town hall since Thursday.
- Some universities post the agendas of upcoming meetings and minutes of their open sessions once they have been ratified.
- Paperwork and crowded church halls, agendas and committee meetings - not everybody's idea of fun.
- Otherwise architects would be designing political systems, designing meeting agendas, designing teleconferencing equipment and the like.
1. 1.1 A plan of things to be done or problems to be addressed.
  备忘录，日程表
  he vowed to put jobs at the top of his agenda
  他发誓将各项工作放在日程表的最上面。
  the government had its own agenda
  政府有自己的日程安排。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I find… that my own plans and agendas are none of anybody else's business.
  In and around Joburg, different entertainment houses have different agendas and plans for the Easter weekend.
  The next generation of Black leaders will need to address agendas more in economic terms than social or political.
  In most cases they raise the funding on the basis of their own agendas, plans and proposals.
  The second and third reflect the need to address two agendas, the patient's and the doctor's.
  A great day is planned with wining, dining and dancing top of the agenda and all are welcome.
  Moreover, a new WTO round will have to address developing countries' agendas or they will not agree to its launch.
  A raft of football-orientated programmes will keep the game top of the agenda throughout the week.
  Top of the agenda were plans for the Atlantic League designed to accommodate big clubs from the smaller countries.
  Kim Beazley put the plan on top of the agenda when launching his campaign last Wednesday.
  And worse still for the government, the row has exposed the real agenda behind their plans.
  Having just sown Kuttinger and Nantes carrot seeds on my plot, this is top of my agenda for the coming weeks.
  Critics are also right in suggesting that his policy agenda is somewhat bereft of concrete plans.
  Advocate for inclusion, but if they fail them in that regard, they should create their own programs and agendas to address the needs we neglect.
  It is helpful, for example, to take one of Weber's type characteristics and ask what agendas it actually addresses in a given setting.
  McBean assumes a similar stance when addressing the agendas of his army.
  I have felt for a long time that, unless theatre addresses the public agenda, it will die.
  An optimal time to interview the patient alone is after the family interview has addressed the issues and agendas of the family members.
  Pay, independence and limits on the numbers of directorships held are top of his agenda.
  These extreme situations provide an agenda for policymakers that students of strategy can address.
  Synonyms
  list of items, schedule, programme, timetable, line-up, list, listing, to-do list, plan, scheme, syllabus, bill, card, directory, table
  Computing menu
2. 1.2 The underlying intentions or motives of a particular person or group.
  潜在意图（或目的）
  Miller has his own agenda and it has nothing to do with football
  米勒有自己的意图，而这个意图与足球没有关系。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He hastens to add that the film has no agenda "beyond alleviating an immense amount of pain that people are going through."
  But programs run by artists bring a different agenda.
  Yet one suspects that there is another agenda behind his attempt to subvert the global uniformity.
  And tossing in worn-out phrases about "imperialist" agendas just doesn't impress anyone anymore.
  But little progress was made, not least because the teams went into the meeting with different agendas.
  But what I wrote is probably more accurate in some obscure technical sense of reflecting my true agenda.
  There is no room for hidden agendas.
  Your interviewer's agenda doesn't matter one bit.
  We have totally different philosophies and agendas.
  According to Harawira, the unions had their own agenda - closely aligned to protecting the interests of the company.
  I think it is a problem for those who have an agenda in their own conservative party.
  They don't want college students co-opting their fear, their agony and their misery in order to promote their other agendas.
  I am honest, trustworthy, caring, work damn hard and have no political aspirations or agenda.
  When the Government first began to publicly promote its agenda for full privatisation in 1998 there was a rural uproar.
  He describes the effect that scientists with their own agendas can have on society.
  Regrettable too is the tendency by the students to allow themselves to be used either by politicians or their union representatives with hidden agendas.
  But underlying this playfulness there is also a serious agenda.
  Into their barren lives comes Aunt Miriam, a social worker with an agenda.
  It is this political agenda that accounts for the constant erosion of the democratic rights of the working class.
  The various pressure groups which preserved these stories all had their own agendas.
2North American An appointment diary.
〈北美〉约会簿
Example sentencesExamples
- We will be sending you a calendar of events for the entire year, which should help organize your agendas and allow you to offer your utmost participation.
- Refined and sleek, this handsome agenda cover slips easily into a jacket pocket or briefcase.
- Alter people's agendas so that no two contain any common item.
- I cant even write in my agenda the important upcoming dates in the school year because oh wait, I dont have a schedule.
- Also included is an attractive leather bound agenda made with recycled tropical fibers such as coffee, tobacco and bananas as well as an executive brass pen made with recycled brass.
Synonyms
appointment book, engagement book, organizer, personal organizer, calendar

Usage

Although agenda is the plural of agendum in Latin, in standard modern English it is normally used as a singular noun with a standard plural form (agendas). See also data and media

Phrases

on the agenda

1Scheduled for discussion at a meeting.
列入会议议程的
the rights of minorities would be high on the agenda at the conference
少数民族权利问题会是大会的重要议程。
Example sentencesExamples
- Also, the Civil Defence chief has been continuing to place the issue on the agenda of meetings.
- Respect insiders confirmed Galloway's performance was on the agenda at the meeting.
- It was agreed that this item will remain on the agenda for the next meeting of the area committee.
- All members are requested to attend as there are a number of important items on the agenda for discussion.
- All are asked to attend as a lot of matters are on the agenda for discussion.
- It was agreed that this should be put on the agenda for the next meeting.
- Those and other matters are on the agenda for the meeting, which is open to the public.
- The parish council has put the subject on the agenda to be discussed at its next meeting.
- In this way, input from the public could have been put on the agenda of the meetings before any decision was made.
- The report is expected to be on the agenda of the next meeting of the conservators in July.
- The main item on the agenda of the meeting is the contract and graded payment to the players.
- It is thought business plans were among the issues on the agenda to be discussed at Wednesday's get together.
- There were four points on the agenda of the meeting, held last Thursday, related to the sale.
- The matter will now be put on the agenda for the next meeting of the Newry and Mourne Health Committee.
- This was one of the items on the agenda, up for discussion at the unit's AGM held recently.
- They were high on the agenda at the annual meeting of the IMF held last September.
- Plans to construct a wind farm are on the agenda for the September meeting of Ramsbottom and Tottington Area Board.
- Ivory will again be a major issue on the agenda at the 11th meeting of CITES in April.
- She added it would be put on the agenda at a meeting of the West Yorkshire Chamber of Trade this week.
- There will be many items for discussion on the agenda and all members are asked to attend.
1. 1.1Likely or needing to be dealt with or done.
  可能要处理的；需要处理的
  his release was not on the agenda
  不会释放他。
  Example sentencesExamples
  War is likely to be high on the agenda as entrepreneurs attempt to work out whether the conflict is good or bad for business.
  Domestic harmony is probably low on the agenda just at that moment.
  Now, it has been put on the agenda to form an Amnesty Law to allow for the release of all political prisoners.
  Celebrating St George's Day in April was likely to be high on the agenda, she said.
  But deals are definitely back on the agenda, particularly among mid cap companies.
  The Martell Grand National is likely to be on the agenda in the future for Intelligent, but not right away.
  The question of a net limiter is likely to reappear on the agenda when the budgetary consequences of enlargement are felt.
  No doubt, though, discussion of such deals is back on the agenda of investors.
  He also told the taxi leadership that the deals were on the agenda of the Sataco board for finalisation.
  First on the agenda for Gatti is likely to be a super-bout against Floyd Mayweather in April.

set the agenda

1Draw up a list of items to be discussed at a meeting.
议程
the council had set the agenda for the forthcoming summit
Example sentencesExamples
- If there is a weekly meeting that needs to be organized, it doesn't have to be the team leader that sets the agenda and keeps the meeting on track.
- The WTO ministerial meeting was to set the agenda and scope of the next round of global trade liberalization talks, but the meeting ended in failure.
- And here's an opportunity to set the agenda for the meeting, the venue and even the menu on the table.
- Each team member would take a turn setting the agenda for the meeting and leading it.
- Coreper plays an important part in EC decision-making, in part because it will consider and digest draft legislative proposals that emanate from the Commission, and in part because it helps to set the agenda for Council meetings.
- The Senate's permanent committee will hold a meeting next Tuesday to set the agenda of the bill for a full session of the upper house, said Nhem Ren, deputy director of the administration department.
- The requirements of the World Medical Association including freedom to set the agenda for the meeting and a guarantee that invited guests and speakers would get visas were not met, and the meeting was cancelled.
- I served as a group facilitator, which involved setting the agenda, leading the discussions, and following up on the questions raised during our meetings.
- It is clear from the evidence of both Ms. Billes and Mr. Wright that Fred Billes set the agenda at those meetings.
- The presidency of the council and the right to chair and set the agenda for council meetings changes hands every six months.
1. 1.1Influence or determine a programme of action.
  影响（或决定）行动计划
  he has set the agenda for future work in this field
  他已制定出在该领域的未来工作计划。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As a reporter, she has spent her life setting the agenda and seems determined to continue to do so in our time together.
  The first comprehensive survey of mountain Cloud Forests has just been published setting the agenda for a program of work to protect them.
  The authors touch upon the importance of actors influencing and setting the agenda on biotechnology.
  It has been a week in which the unions set the agenda more determinedly than at any recent Labour conference.
  He confirmed on Radio 4's Today programme that he did believe women were setting the agenda in almost every walk of life.
  People talk about multinational influence in politics setting the agenda, and while this is true to an extent, it isn't the whole picture.
  Coverage of juvenile crime can influence public attitudes about crime prevention programs and set the agenda for public-policy making and funding.
  By setting the agenda and influencing judgments, innovations become targets of imitation.
  Too often, it seems, it is the ones determined to do the breaking who set the agenda and make the headlines.
  The decision-making structures of all three institutions continue to ensure that the major industrialised countries, led by the United States, and influenced by their corporations, set the agenda.

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense 'things to be done'): from Latin, neuter plural of agendum, gerundive of agere 'do'.

actor from Late Middle English:
An actor was originally simply ‘a doer’, usually an agent or an administrator; the theatrical sense dates from the 16th century. Like act (Late Middle English) it comes from Latin actus ‘thing done’, which comes from agere ‘to do, drive’. This is the basis of other English words such as agenda (early 17th century) ‘things to be done’; agent (Late Middle English) ‘someone or thing who does things’; agile (Late Middle English) ‘able to do things’; agitate (Late Middle English) originally meaning ‘drive away’; ambiguous (early 16th century) ‘drive in both ways’, a word, which appears to have been coined by the English scholar and statesman Sir Thomas More (1478–1535), originally in the sense ‘indistinct, obscure’; transaction (Late Middle English) ‘something driven across or through’ and many more. Actuality (Late Middle English) originally had the sense ‘activity’; from Old French actualite from actualis ‘active, practical’. The modern French word actualité (usually meaning ‘news’) is sometimes used in English to mean ‘truth’, a sense not found in French as in: ‘When asked why the company had not been advised to include the potential military use, he [Alan Clark] said it was our old friend economical…with the actualité’ (Independent 10 November 1992).

Rhymes

addenda, amender, ascender, attender, blender, Brenda, contender, corrigenda, descender, engender, extender, fazenda, fender, gender, Glenda, Gwenda, hacienda, Länder, lender, mender, offender, pudenda, recommender, referenda, render, sender, slender, spender, splendour (US splendor), surrender, suspender, tender, Venda, weekender, Wenda

Definition of agenda in US English:

agenda

nounəˈdʒɛndəəˈjendə

1A list of items to be discussed at a formal meeting.
议程
the question of nuclear weapons had been removed from the agenda
核武器问题被从议程上取消了。
Example sentencesExamples
- The minutes of meetings, agendas, project updates and information about how Calne Town Council works are now all available online.
- When he had been Mayor he had proposed that Any Other Business be removed from the meeting agendas.
- To achieve these successfully a committee with properly notified meeting times and agendas needs to be put in place.
- Some universities post the agendas of upcoming meetings and minutes of their open sessions once they have been ratified.
- Tyab says the student society is not receiving agendas for the board meetings and he wanted to gain insight into the goings on at the development corporation.
- Our meetings no longer have agendas or redundant handouts, because we don't need them.
- Paperwork and crowded church halls, agendas and committee meetings - not everybody's idea of fun.
- I am more than content to discuss this issue further and will add this to the agenda for our next meeting.
- Mayor Graham Francis said the meeting agenda had been on display outside the town hall since Thursday.
- The cabinet has agreed to publish agendas before each meeting, publicly going into depth on the issues which will be discussed.
- He added that the issue had been added to the agenda of a full meeting of the deans of education this week.
- Shareholders can use the opportunity to place items on the meeting agenda or to ask questions.
- Otherwise architects would be designing political systems, designing meeting agendas, designing teleconferencing equipment and the like.
- The council began the website a year ago giving details of council business - dates, agendas for forthcoming meetings and minutes of past ones.
- Under flood committee rules, agendas for its meetings are not made public until after they have been held.
- Darin Jewell drafted agendas for two meetings between Mandelson and the brothers.
- The British and Swedish findings have now been put on the agendas for the next meetings of the committee which advises the European Commission on food safety and the World Health Organisation.
- The organization also hands out draft agendas in advance of meetings, and supplies all board members with minutes.
- The meeting discussed the agenda for the games and a further meeting will be held at a later date.
- Coun Stainton, who runs Ingleton-based business Status Volkswagen Parts, also claimed the council did not send him the minutes of meetings or agendas and if they did they were too late.
1. 1.1 A plan of things to be done or problems to be addressed.
  备忘录，日程表
  he vowed to put jobs at the top of his agenda
  他发誓将各项工作放在日程表的最上面。
  the government had its own agenda
  政府有自己的日程安排。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Critics are also right in suggesting that his policy agenda is somewhat bereft of concrete plans.
  An optimal time to interview the patient alone is after the family interview has addressed the issues and agendas of the family members.
  McBean assumes a similar stance when addressing the agendas of his army.
  And worse still for the government, the row has exposed the real agenda behind their plans.
  In most cases they raise the funding on the basis of their own agendas, plans and proposals.
  Advocate for inclusion, but if they fail them in that regard, they should create their own programs and agendas to address the needs we neglect.
  It is helpful, for example, to take one of Weber's type characteristics and ask what agendas it actually addresses in a given setting.
  A raft of football-orientated programmes will keep the game top of the agenda throughout the week.
  In and around Joburg, different entertainment houses have different agendas and plans for the Easter weekend.
  Top of the agenda were plans for the Atlantic League designed to accommodate big clubs from the smaller countries.
  These extreme situations provide an agenda for policymakers that students of strategy can address.
  I have felt for a long time that, unless theatre addresses the public agenda, it will die.
  The second and third reflect the need to address two agendas, the patient's and the doctor's.
  Having just sown Kuttinger and Nantes carrot seeds on my plot, this is top of my agenda for the coming weeks.
  A great day is planned with wining, dining and dancing top of the agenda and all are welcome.
  I find… that my own plans and agendas are none of anybody else's business.
  The next generation of Black leaders will need to address agendas more in economic terms than social or political.
  Pay, independence and limits on the numbers of directorships held are top of his agenda.
  Kim Beazley put the plan on top of the agenda when launching his campaign last Wednesday.
  Moreover, a new WTO round will have to address developing countries' agendas or they will not agree to its launch.
  Synonyms
  list of items, schedule, programme, timetable, line-up, list, listing, to-do list, plan, scheme, syllabus, bill, card, directory, table
2. 1.2 The underlying intentions or motives of a particular person or group.
  潜在意图（或目的）
  Miller has his own agenda and it has nothing to do with football
  米勒有自己的意图，而这个意图与足球没有关系。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Regrettable too is the tendency by the students to allow themselves to be used either by politicians or their union representatives with hidden agendas.
  I am honest, trustworthy, caring, work damn hard and have no political aspirations or agenda.
  It is this political agenda that accounts for the constant erosion of the democratic rights of the working class.
  Your interviewer's agenda doesn't matter one bit.
  He describes the effect that scientists with their own agendas can have on society.
  The various pressure groups which preserved these stories all had their own agendas.
  According to Harawira, the unions had their own agenda - closely aligned to protecting the interests of the company.
  He hastens to add that the film has no agenda "beyond alleviating an immense amount of pain that people are going through."
  They don't want college students co-opting their fear, their agony and their misery in order to promote their other agendas.
  And tossing in worn-out phrases about "imperialist" agendas just doesn't impress anyone anymore.
  I think it is a problem for those who have an agenda in their own conservative party.
  There is no room for hidden agendas.
  But underlying this playfulness there is also a serious agenda.
  When the Government first began to publicly promote its agenda for full privatisation in 1998 there was a rural uproar.
  We have totally different philosophies and agendas.
  Yet one suspects that there is another agenda behind his attempt to subvert the global uniformity.
  Into their barren lives comes Aunt Miriam, a social worker with an agenda.
  But programs run by artists bring a different agenda.
  But what I wrote is probably more accurate in some obscure technical sense of reflecting my true agenda.
  But little progress was made, not least because the teams went into the meeting with different agendas.
2North American An appointment diary.
〈北美〉约会簿
Example sentencesExamples
- I cant even write in my agenda the important upcoming dates in the school year because oh wait, I dont have a schedule.
- We will be sending you a calendar of events for the entire year, which should help organize your agendas and allow you to offer your utmost participation.
- Also included is an attractive leather bound agenda made with recycled tropical fibers such as coffee, tobacco and bananas as well as an executive brass pen made with recycled brass.
- Refined and sleek, this handsome agenda cover slips easily into a jacket pocket or briefcase.
- Alter people's agendas so that no two contain any common item.
Synonyms
appointment book, engagement book, organizer, personal organizer, calendar

Usage

Although agenda (‘things to be done’) is the plural of agendum in Latin, in standard modern English it is a normal singular noun with a normal plural form (agendas). See also data and media

Phrases

on the agenda

1Scheduled for discussion at a meeting.
列入会议议程的
the rights of minorities would be high on the agenda at the conference
少数民族权利问题会是大会的重要议程。
Example sentencesExamples
- All are asked to attend as a lot of matters are on the agenda for discussion.
- The report is expected to be on the agenda of the next meeting of the conservators in July.
- There will be many items for discussion on the agenda and all members are asked to attend.
- The parish council has put the subject on the agenda to be discussed at its next meeting.
- Those and other matters are on the agenda for the meeting, which is open to the public.
- The matter will now be put on the agenda for the next meeting of the Newry and Mourne Health Committee.
- It is thought business plans were among the issues on the agenda to be discussed at Wednesday's get together.
- She added it would be put on the agenda at a meeting of the West Yorkshire Chamber of Trade this week.
- Also, the Civil Defence chief has been continuing to place the issue on the agenda of meetings.
- This was one of the items on the agenda, up for discussion at the unit's AGM held recently.
- The main item on the agenda of the meeting is the contract and graded payment to the players.
- They were high on the agenda at the annual meeting of the IMF held last September.
- There were four points on the agenda of the meeting, held last Thursday, related to the sale.
- It was agreed that this should be put on the agenda for the next meeting.
- It was agreed that this item will remain on the agenda for the next meeting of the area committee.
- Plans to construct a wind farm are on the agenda for the September meeting of Ramsbottom and Tottington Area Board.
- Respect insiders confirmed Galloway's performance was on the agenda at the meeting.
- All members are requested to attend as there are a number of important items on the agenda for discussion.
- In this way, input from the public could have been put on the agenda of the meetings before any decision was made.
- Ivory will again be a major issue on the agenda at the 11th meeting of CITES in April.
1. 1.1Likely or needing to be dealt with or done.
  可能要处理的；需要处理的
  his release was not on the agenda
  不会释放他。
  national problems loomed large on the domestic agenda
  Example sentencesExamples
  War is likely to be high on the agenda as entrepreneurs attempt to work out whether the conflict is good or bad for business.
  First on the agenda for Gatti is likely to be a super-bout against Floyd Mayweather in April.
  Now, it has been put on the agenda to form an Amnesty Law to allow for the release of all political prisoners.
  The Martell Grand National is likely to be on the agenda in the future for Intelligent, but not right away.
  No doubt, though, discussion of such deals is back on the agenda of investors.
  Celebrating St George's Day in April was likely to be high on the agenda, she said.
  But deals are definitely back on the agenda, particularly among mid cap companies.
  The question of a net limiter is likely to reappear on the agenda when the budgetary consequences of enlargement are felt.
  Domestic harmony is probably low on the agenda just at that moment.
  He also told the taxi leadership that the deals were on the agenda of the Sataco board for finalisation.

set the agenda

1Draw up a list of items to be discussed at a meeting.
议程
the council had set the agenda for the forthcoming summit
Example sentencesExamples
- The WTO ministerial meeting was to set the agenda and scope of the next round of global trade liberalization talks, but the meeting ended in failure.
- The requirements of the World Medical Association including freedom to set the agenda for the meeting and a guarantee that invited guests and speakers would get visas were not met, and the meeting was cancelled.
- And here's an opportunity to set the agenda for the meeting, the venue and even the menu on the table.
- The presidency of the council and the right to chair and set the agenda for council meetings changes hands every six months.
- Each team member would take a turn setting the agenda for the meeting and leading it.
- It is clear from the evidence of both Ms. Billes and Mr. Wright that Fred Billes set the agenda at those meetings.
- I served as a group facilitator, which involved setting the agenda, leading the discussions, and following up on the questions raised during our meetings.
- If there is a weekly meeting that needs to be organized, it doesn't have to be the team leader that sets the agenda and keeps the meeting on track.
- Coreper plays an important part in EC decision-making, in part because it will consider and digest draft legislative proposals that emanate from the Commission, and in part because it helps to set the agenda for Council meetings.
- The Senate's permanent committee will hold a meeting next Tuesday to set the agenda of the bill for a full session of the upper house, said Nhem Ren, deputy director of the administration department.
1. 1.1Influence or determine a program of action.
  影响（或决定）行动计划
  the activists set the agenda, and timorous administrators usually go along
  Example sentencesExamples
  Too often, it seems, it is the ones determined to do the breaking who set the agenda and make the headlines.
  People talk about multinational influence in politics setting the agenda, and while this is true to an extent, it isn't the whole picture.
  He confirmed on Radio 4's Today programme that he did believe women were setting the agenda in almost every walk of life.
  It has been a week in which the unions set the agenda more determinedly than at any recent Labour conference.
  By setting the agenda and influencing judgments, innovations become targets of imitation.
  The decision-making structures of all three institutions continue to ensure that the major industrialised countries, led by the United States, and influenced by their corporations, set the agenda.
  As a reporter, she has spent her life setting the agenda and seems determined to continue to do so in our time together.
  The first comprehensive survey of mountain Cloud Forests has just been published setting the agenda for a program of work to protect them.
  The authors touch upon the importance of actors influencing and setting the agenda on biotechnology.
  Coverage of juvenile crime can influence public attitudes about crime prevention programs and set the agenda for public-policy making and funding.

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense ‘things to be done’): from Latin, neuter plural of agendum, gerundive of agere ‘do’.

词汇	agenda
释义	Definition of agenda in English: agenda noun əˈdʒɛndəəˈdʒɛndə 1A list of items to be discussed at a formal meeting. 议程 the question of nuclear weapons had been removed from the agenda 核武器问题被从议程上取消了。 Example sentencesExamples Coun Stainton, who runs Ingleton-based business Status Volkswagen Parts, also claimed the council did not send him the minutes of meetings or agendas and if they did they were too late. The minutes of meetings, agendas, project updates and information about how Calne Town Council works are now all available online. The council began the website a year ago giving details of council business - dates, agendas for forthcoming meetings and minutes of past ones. The British and Swedish findings have now been put on the agendas for the next meetings of the committee which advises the European Commission on food safety and the World Health Organisation. Under flood committee rules, agendas for its meetings are not made public until after they have been held. Darin Jewell drafted agendas for two meetings between Mandelson and the brothers. The organization also hands out draft agendas in advance of meetings, and supplies all board members with minutes. The meeting discussed the agenda for the games and a further meeting will be held at a later date. I am more than content to discuss this issue further and will add this to the agenda for our next meeting. To achieve these successfully a committee with properly notified meeting times and agendas needs to be put in place. Our meetings no longer have agendas or redundant handouts, because we don't need them. He added that the issue had been added to the agenda of a full meeting of the deans of education this week. When he had been Mayor he had proposed that Any Other Business be removed from the meeting agendas. Shareholders can use the opportunity to place items on the meeting agenda or to ask questions. The cabinet has agreed to publish agendas before each meeting, publicly going into depth on the issues which will be discussed. Tyab says the student society is not receiving agendas for the board meetings and he wanted to gain insight into the goings on at the development corporation. Mayor Graham Francis said the meeting agenda had been on display outside the town hall since Thursday. Some universities post the agendas of upcoming meetings and minutes of their open sessions once they have been ratified. Paperwork and crowded church halls, agendas and committee meetings - not everybody's idea of fun. Otherwise architects would be designing political systems, designing meeting agendas, designing teleconferencing equipment and the like. 1.1 A plan of things to be done or problems to be addressed. 备忘录，日程表 he vowed to put jobs at the top of his agenda 他发誓将各项工作放在日程表的最上面。 the government had its own agenda 政府有自己的日程安排。 Example sentencesExamples I find… that my own plans and agendas are none of anybody else's business. In and around Joburg, different entertainment houses have different agendas and plans for the Easter weekend. The next generation of Black leaders will need to address agendas more in economic terms than social or political. In most cases they raise the funding on the basis of their own agendas, plans and proposals. The second and third reflect the need to address two agendas, the patient's and the doctor's. A great day is planned with wining, dining and dancing top of the agenda and all are welcome. Moreover, a new WTO round will have to address developing countries' agendas or they will not agree to its launch. A raft of football-orientated programmes will keep the game top of the agenda throughout the week. Top of the agenda were plans for the Atlantic League designed to accommodate big clubs from the smaller countries. Kim Beazley put the plan on top of the agenda when launching his campaign last Wednesday. And worse still for the government, the row has exposed the real agenda behind their plans. Having just sown Kuttinger and Nantes carrot seeds on my plot, this is top of my agenda for the coming weeks. Critics are also right in suggesting that his policy agenda is somewhat bereft of concrete plans. Advocate for inclusion, but if they fail them in that regard, they should create their own programs and agendas to address the needs we neglect. It is helpful, for example, to take one of Weber's type characteristics and ask what agendas it actually addresses in a given setting. McBean assumes a similar stance when addressing the agendas of his army. I have felt for a long time that, unless theatre addresses the public agenda, it will die. An optimal time to interview the patient alone is after the family interview has addressed the issues and agendas of the family members. Pay, independence and limits on the numbers of directorships held are top of his agenda. These extreme situations provide an agenda for policymakers that students of strategy can address. Synonyms list of items, schedule, programme, timetable, line-up, list, listing, to-do list, plan, scheme, syllabus, bill, card, directory, table Computing menu 1.2 The underlying intentions or motives of a particular person or group. 潜在意图（或目的） Miller has his own agenda and it has nothing to do with football 米勒有自己的意图，而这个意图与足球没有关系。 Example sentencesExamples He hastens to add that the film has no agenda "beyond alleviating an immense amount of pain that people are going through." But programs run by artists bring a different agenda. Yet one suspects that there is another agenda behind his attempt to subvert the global uniformity. And tossing in worn-out phrases about "imperialist" agendas just doesn't impress anyone anymore. But little progress was made, not least because the teams went into the meeting with different agendas. But what I wrote is probably more accurate in some obscure technical sense of reflecting my true agenda. There is no room for hidden agendas. Your interviewer's agenda doesn't matter one bit. We have totally different philosophies and agendas. According to Harawira, the unions had their own agenda - closely aligned to protecting the interests of the company. I think it is a problem for those who have an agenda in their own conservative party. They don't want college students co-opting their fear, their agony and their misery in order to promote their other agendas. I am honest, trustworthy, caring, work damn hard and have no political aspirations or agenda. When the Government first began to publicly promote its agenda for full privatisation in 1998 there was a rural uproar. He describes the effect that scientists with their own agendas can have on society. Regrettable too is the tendency by the students to allow themselves to be used either by politicians or their union representatives with hidden agendas. But underlying this playfulness there is also a serious agenda. Into their barren lives comes Aunt Miriam, a social worker with an agenda. It is this political agenda that accounts for the constant erosion of the democratic rights of the working class. The various pressure groups which preserved these stories all had their own agendas. 2North American An appointment diary. 〈北美〉约会簿 Example sentencesExamples We will be sending you a calendar of events for the entire year, which should help organize your agendas and allow you to offer your utmost participation. Refined and sleek, this handsome agenda cover slips easily into a jacket pocket or briefcase. Alter people's agendas so that no two contain any common item. I cant even write in my agenda the important upcoming dates in the school year because oh wait, I dont have a schedule. Also included is an attractive leather bound agenda made with recycled tropical fibers such as coffee, tobacco and bananas as well as an executive brass pen made with recycled brass. Synonyms appointment book, engagement book, organizer, personal organizer, calendar Usage Although agenda is the plural of agendum in Latin, in standard modern English it is normally used as a singular noun with a standard plural form (agendas). See also data and media Phrases on the agenda 1Scheduled for discussion at a meeting. 列入会议议程的 the rights of minorities would be high on the agenda at the conference 少数民族权利问题会是大会的重要议程。 Example sentencesExamples Also, the Civil Defence chief has been continuing to place the issue on the agenda of meetings. Respect insiders confirmed Galloway's performance was on the agenda at the meeting. It was agreed that this item will remain on the agenda for the next meeting of the area committee. All members are requested to attend as there are a number of important items on the agenda for discussion. All are asked to attend as a lot of matters are on the agenda for discussion. It was agreed that this should be put on the agenda for the next meeting. Those and other matters are on the agenda for the meeting, which is open to the public. The parish council has put the subject on the agenda to be discussed at its next meeting. In this way, input from the public could have been put on the agenda of the meetings before any decision was made. The report is expected to be on the agenda of the next meeting of the conservators in July. The main item on the agenda of the meeting is the contract and graded payment to the players. It is thought business plans were among the issues on the agenda to be discussed at Wednesday's get together. There were four points on the agenda of the meeting, held last Thursday, related to the sale. The matter will now be put on the agenda for the next meeting of the Newry and Mourne Health Committee. This was one of the items on the agenda, up for discussion at the unit's AGM held recently. They were high on the agenda at the annual meeting of the IMF held last September. Plans to construct a wind farm are on the agenda for the September meeting of Ramsbottom and Tottington Area Board. Ivory will again be a major issue on the agenda at the 11th meeting of CITES in April. She added it would be put on the agenda at a meeting of the West Yorkshire Chamber of Trade this week. There will be many items for discussion on the agenda and all members are asked to attend. 1.1Likely or needing to be dealt with or done. 可能要处理的；需要处理的 his release was not on the agenda 不会释放他。 Example sentencesExamples War is likely to be high on the agenda as entrepreneurs attempt to work out whether the conflict is good or bad for business. Domestic harmony is probably low on the agenda just at that moment. Now, it has been put on the agenda to form an Amnesty Law to allow for the release of all political prisoners. Celebrating St George's Day in April was likely to be high on the agenda, she said. But deals are definitely back on the agenda, particularly among mid cap companies. The Martell Grand National is likely to be on the agenda in the future for Intelligent, but not right away. The question of a net limiter is likely to reappear on the agenda when the budgetary consequences of enlargement are felt. No doubt, though, discussion of such deals is back on the agenda of investors. He also told the taxi leadership that the deals were on the agenda of the Sataco board for finalisation. First on the agenda for Gatti is likely to be a super-bout against Floyd Mayweather in April. set the agenda 1Draw up a list of items to be discussed at a meeting. 议程 the council had set the agenda for the forthcoming summit Example sentencesExamples If there is a weekly meeting that needs to be organized, it doesn't have to be the team leader that sets the agenda and keeps the meeting on track. The WTO ministerial meeting was to set the agenda and scope of the next round of global trade liberalization talks, but the meeting ended in failure. And here's an opportunity to set the agenda for the meeting, the venue and even the menu on the table. Each team member would take a turn setting the agenda for the meeting and leading it. Coreper plays an important part in EC decision-making, in part because it will consider and digest draft legislative proposals that emanate from the Commission, and in part because it helps to set the agenda for Council meetings. The Senate's permanent committee will hold a meeting next Tuesday to set the agenda of the bill for a full session of the upper house, said Nhem Ren, deputy director of the administration department. The requirements of the World Medical Association including freedom to set the agenda for the meeting and a guarantee that invited guests and speakers would get visas were not met, and the meeting was cancelled. I served as a group facilitator, which involved setting the agenda, leading the discussions, and following up on the questions raised during our meetings. It is clear from the evidence of both Ms. Billes and Mr. Wright that Fred Billes set the agenda at those meetings. The presidency of the council and the right to chair and set the agenda for council meetings changes hands every six months. 1.1Influence or determine a programme of action. 影响（或决定）行动计划 he has set the agenda for future work in this field 他已制定出在该领域的未来工作计划。 Example sentencesExamples As a reporter, she has spent her life setting the agenda and seems determined to continue to do so in our time together. The first comprehensive survey of mountain Cloud Forests has just been published setting the agenda for a program of work to protect them. The authors touch upon the importance of actors influencing and setting the agenda on biotechnology. It has been a week in which the unions set the agenda more determinedly than at any recent Labour conference. He confirmed on Radio 4's Today programme that he did believe women were setting the agenda in almost every walk of life. People talk about multinational influence in politics setting the agenda, and while this is true to an extent, it isn't the whole picture. Coverage of juvenile crime can influence public attitudes about crime prevention programs and set the agenda for public-policy making and funding. By setting the agenda and influencing judgments, innovations become targets of imitation. Too often, it seems, it is the ones determined to do the breaking who set the agenda and make the headlines. The decision-making structures of all three institutions continue to ensure that the major industrialised countries, led by the United States, and influenced by their corporations, set the agenda. Origin Early 17th century (in the sense 'things to be done'): from Latin, neuter plural of agendum, gerundive of agere 'do'. actor from Late Middle English: An actor was originally simply ‘a doer’, usually an agent or an administrator; the theatrical sense dates from the 16th century. Like act (Late Middle English) it comes from Latin actus ‘thing done’, which comes from agere ‘to do, drive’. This is the basis of other English words such as agenda (early 17th century) ‘things to be done’; agent (Late Middle English) ‘someone or thing who does things’; agile (Late Middle English) ‘able to do things’; agitate (Late Middle English) originally meaning ‘drive away’; ambiguous (early 16th century) ‘drive in both ways’, a word, which appears to have been coined by the English scholar and statesman Sir Thomas More (1478–1535), originally in the sense ‘indistinct, obscure’; transaction (Late Middle English) ‘something driven across or through’ and many more. Actuality (Late Middle English) originally had the sense ‘activity’; from Old French actualite from actualis ‘active, practical’. The modern French word actualité (usually meaning ‘news’) is sometimes used in English to mean ‘truth’, a sense not found in French as in: ‘When asked why the company had not been advised to include the potential military use, he [Alan Clark] said it was our old friend economical…with the actualité’ (Independent 10 November 1992). Rhymes addenda, amender, ascender, attender, blender, Brenda, contender, corrigenda, descender, engender, extender, fazenda, fender, gender, Glenda, Gwenda, hacienda, Länder, lender, mender, offender, pudenda, recommender, referenda, render, sender, slender, spender, splendour (US splendor), surrender, suspender, tender, Venda, weekender, Wenda noun.1 phr. Definition of agenda in US English: agenda nounəˈdʒɛndəəˈjendə 1A list of items to be discussed at a formal meeting. 议程 the question of nuclear weapons had been removed from the agenda 核武器问题被从议程上取消了。 Example sentencesExamples The minutes of meetings, agendas, project updates and information about how Calne Town Council works are now all available online. When he had been Mayor he had proposed that Any Other Business be removed from the meeting agendas. To achieve these successfully a committee with properly notified meeting times and agendas needs to be put in place. Some universities post the agendas of upcoming meetings and minutes of their open sessions once they have been ratified. Tyab says the student society is not receiving agendas for the board meetings and he wanted to gain insight into the goings on at the development corporation. Our meetings no longer have agendas or redundant handouts, because we don't need them. Paperwork and crowded church halls, agendas and committee meetings - not everybody's idea of fun. I am more than content to discuss this issue further and will add this to the agenda for our next meeting. Mayor Graham Francis said the meeting agenda had been on display outside the town hall since Thursday. The cabinet has agreed to publish agendas before each meeting, publicly going into depth on the issues which will be discussed. He added that the issue had been added to the agenda of a full meeting of the deans of education this week. Shareholders can use the opportunity to place items on the meeting agenda or to ask questions. Otherwise architects would be designing political systems, designing meeting agendas, designing teleconferencing equipment and the like. The council began the website a year ago giving details of council business - dates, agendas for forthcoming meetings and minutes of past ones. Under flood committee rules, agendas for its meetings are not made public until after they have been held. Darin Jewell drafted agendas for two meetings between Mandelson and the brothers. The British and Swedish findings have now been put on the agendas for the next meetings of the committee which advises the European Commission on food safety and the World Health Organisation. The organization also hands out draft agendas in advance of meetings, and supplies all board members with minutes. The meeting discussed the agenda for the games and a further meeting will be held at a later date. Coun Stainton, who runs Ingleton-based business Status Volkswagen Parts, also claimed the council did not send him the minutes of meetings or agendas and if they did they were too late. 1.1 A plan of things to be done or problems to be addressed. 备忘录，日程表 he vowed to put jobs at the top of his agenda 他发誓将各项工作放在日程表的最上面。 the government had its own agenda 政府有自己的日程安排。 Example sentencesExamples Critics are also right in suggesting that his policy agenda is somewhat bereft of concrete plans. An optimal time to interview the patient alone is after the family interview has addressed the issues and agendas of the family members. McBean assumes a similar stance when addressing the agendas of his army. And worse still for the government, the row has exposed the real agenda behind their plans. In most cases they raise the funding on the basis of their own agendas, plans and proposals. Advocate for inclusion, but if they fail them in that regard, they should create their own programs and agendas to address the needs we neglect. It is helpful, for example, to take one of Weber's type characteristics and ask what agendas it actually addresses in a given setting. A raft of football-orientated programmes will keep the game top of the agenda throughout the week. In and around Joburg, different entertainment houses have different agendas and plans for the Easter weekend. Top of the agenda were plans for the Atlantic League designed to accommodate big clubs from the smaller countries. These extreme situations provide an agenda for policymakers that students of strategy can address. I have felt for a long time that, unless theatre addresses the public agenda, it will die. The second and third reflect the need to address two agendas, the patient's and the doctor's. Having just sown Kuttinger and Nantes carrot seeds on my plot, this is top of my agenda for the coming weeks. A great day is planned with wining, dining and dancing top of the agenda and all are welcome. I find… that my own plans and agendas are none of anybody else's business. The next generation of Black leaders will need to address agendas more in economic terms than social or political. Pay, independence and limits on the numbers of directorships held are top of his agenda. Kim Beazley put the plan on top of the agenda when launching his campaign last Wednesday. Moreover, a new WTO round will have to address developing countries' agendas or they will not agree to its launch. Synonyms list of items, schedule, programme, timetable, line-up, list, listing, to-do list, plan, scheme, syllabus, bill, card, directory, table 1.2 The underlying intentions or motives of a particular person or group. 潜在意图（或目的） Miller has his own agenda and it has nothing to do with football 米勒有自己的意图，而这个意图与足球没有关系。 Example sentencesExamples Regrettable too is the tendency by the students to allow themselves to be used either by politicians or their union representatives with hidden agendas. I am honest, trustworthy, caring, work damn hard and have no political aspirations or agenda. It is this political agenda that accounts for the constant erosion of the democratic rights of the working class. Your interviewer's agenda doesn't matter one bit. He describes the effect that scientists with their own agendas can have on society. The various pressure groups which preserved these stories all had their own agendas. According to Harawira, the unions had their own agenda - closely aligned to protecting the interests of the company. He hastens to add that the film has no agenda "beyond alleviating an immense amount of pain that people are going through." They don't want college students co-opting their fear, their agony and their misery in order to promote their other agendas. And tossing in worn-out phrases about "imperialist" agendas just doesn't impress anyone anymore. I think it is a problem for those who have an agenda in their own conservative party. There is no room for hidden agendas. But underlying this playfulness there is also a serious agenda. When the Government first began to publicly promote its agenda for full privatisation in 1998 there was a rural uproar. We have totally different philosophies and agendas. Yet one suspects that there is another agenda behind his attempt to subvert the global uniformity. Into their barren lives comes Aunt Miriam, a social worker with an agenda. But programs run by artists bring a different agenda. But what I wrote is probably more accurate in some obscure technical sense of reflecting my true agenda. But little progress was made, not least because the teams went into the meeting with different agendas. 2North American An appointment diary. 〈北美〉约会簿 Example sentencesExamples I cant even write in my agenda the important upcoming dates in the school year because oh wait, I dont have a schedule. We will be sending you a calendar of events for the entire year, which should help organize your agendas and allow you to offer your utmost participation. Also included is an attractive leather bound agenda made with recycled tropical fibers such as coffee, tobacco and bananas as well as an executive brass pen made with recycled brass. Refined and sleek, this handsome agenda cover slips easily into a jacket pocket or briefcase. Alter people's agendas so that no two contain any common item. Synonyms appointment book, engagement book, organizer, personal organizer, calendar Usage Although agenda (‘things to be done’) is the plural of agendum in Latin, in standard modern English it is a normal singular noun with a normal plural form (agendas). See also data and media Phrases on the agenda 1Scheduled for discussion at a meeting. 列入会议议程的 the rights of minorities would be high on the agenda at the conference 少数民族权利问题会是大会的重要议程。 Example sentencesExamples All are asked to attend as a lot of matters are on the agenda for discussion. The report is expected to be on the agenda of the next meeting of the conservators in July. There will be many items for discussion on the agenda and all members are asked to attend. The parish council has put the subject on the agenda to be discussed at its next meeting. Those and other matters are on the agenda for the meeting, which is open to the public. The matter will now be put on the agenda for the next meeting of the Newry and Mourne Health Committee. It is thought business plans were among the issues on the agenda to be discussed at Wednesday's get together. She added it would be put on the agenda at a meeting of the West Yorkshire Chamber of Trade this week. Also, the Civil Defence chief has been continuing to place the issue on the agenda of meetings. This was one of the items on the agenda, up for discussion at the unit's AGM held recently. The main item on the agenda of the meeting is the contract and graded payment to the players. They were high on the agenda at the annual meeting of the IMF held last September. There were four points on the agenda of the meeting, held last Thursday, related to the sale. It was agreed that this should be put on the agenda for the next meeting. It was agreed that this item will remain on the agenda for the next meeting of the area committee. Plans to construct a wind farm are on the agenda for the September meeting of Ramsbottom and Tottington Area Board. Respect insiders confirmed Galloway's performance was on the agenda at the meeting. All members are requested to attend as there are a number of important items on the agenda for discussion. In this way, input from the public could have been put on the agenda of the meetings before any decision was made. Ivory will again be a major issue on the agenda at the 11th meeting of CITES in April. 1.1Likely or needing to be dealt with or done. 可能要处理的；需要处理的 his release was not on the agenda 不会释放他。 national problems loomed large on the domestic agenda Example sentencesExamples War is likely to be high on the agenda as entrepreneurs attempt to work out whether the conflict is good or bad for business. First on the agenda for Gatti is likely to be a super-bout against Floyd Mayweather in April. Now, it has been put on the agenda to form an Amnesty Law to allow for the release of all political prisoners. The Martell Grand National is likely to be on the agenda in the future for Intelligent, but not right away. No doubt, though, discussion of such deals is back on the agenda of investors. Celebrating St George's Day in April was likely to be high on the agenda, she said. But deals are definitely back on the agenda, particularly among mid cap companies. The question of a net limiter is likely to reappear on the agenda when the budgetary consequences of enlargement are felt. Domestic harmony is probably low on the agenda just at that moment. He also told the taxi leadership that the deals were on the agenda of the Sataco board for finalisation. set the agenda 1Draw up a list of items to be discussed at a meeting. 议程 the council had set the agenda for the forthcoming summit Example sentencesExamples The WTO ministerial meeting was to set the agenda and scope of the next round of global trade liberalization talks, but the meeting ended in failure. The requirements of the World Medical Association including freedom to set the agenda for the meeting and a guarantee that invited guests and speakers would get visas were not met, and the meeting was cancelled. And here's an opportunity to set the agenda for the meeting, the venue and even the menu on the table. The presidency of the council and the right to chair and set the agenda for council meetings changes hands every six months. Each team member would take a turn setting the agenda for the meeting and leading it. It is clear from the evidence of both Ms. Billes and Mr. Wright that Fred Billes set the agenda at those meetings. I served as a group facilitator, which involved setting the agenda, leading the discussions, and following up on the questions raised during our meetings. If there is a weekly meeting that needs to be organized, it doesn't have to be the team leader that sets the agenda and keeps the meeting on track. Coreper plays an important part in EC decision-making, in part because it will consider and digest draft legislative proposals that emanate from the Commission, and in part because it helps to set the agenda for Council meetings. The Senate's permanent committee will hold a meeting next Tuesday to set the agenda of the bill for a full session of the upper house, said Nhem Ren, deputy director of the administration department. 1.1Influence or determine a program of action. 影响（或决定）行动计划 the activists set the agenda, and timorous administrators usually go along Example sentencesExamples Too often, it seems, it is the ones determined to do the breaking who set the agenda and make the headlines. People talk about multinational influence in politics setting the agenda, and while this is true to an extent, it isn't the whole picture. He confirmed on Radio 4's Today programme that he did believe women were setting the agenda in almost every walk of life. It has been a week in which the unions set the agenda more determinedly than at any recent Labour conference. By setting the agenda and influencing judgments, innovations become targets of imitation. The decision-making structures of all three institutions continue to ensure that the major industrialised countries, led by the United States, and influenced by their corporations, set the agenda. As a reporter, she has spent her life setting the agenda and seems determined to continue to do so in our time together. The first comprehensive survey of mountain Cloud Forests has just been published setting the agenda for a program of work to protect them. The authors touch upon the importance of actors influencing and setting the agenda on biotechnology. Coverage of juvenile crime can influence public attitudes about crime prevention programs and set the agenda for public-policy making and funding. Origin Early 17th century (in the sense ‘things to be done’): from Latin, neuter plural of agendum, gerundive of agere ‘do’. noun.1 phr.
随便看	ageostrophic age prayer age-proof ager ager age range agerasia agerasias ageratum ageratums age-related age-related allowance age-related macular degeneration age-restricted agers ages ages ages ago ages/an age ages/an age ages (and ages) ages and ages age set age-specific age spot