圍著一個題目一起談
同一種形式，一個留在校園裡當課，一個被公司、業界借去辦活動；不變的是「聚焦在一個題目，來的人是為了帶走東西」。
university seminar · noun · B2
A class at a university or college where a teacher and a small group of students study or talk about one subject.
研討課
核心畫面
Picture a small group sitting around one narrow subject, close enough that everyone is expected to speak. Nobody is there to be talked at for an hour — people come with something half-formed and work on it together. Small room, few people, one topic: that is what separates a `seminar` from a `lecture`.
可以想成一小群人圍著同一個窄窄的題目坐下來，距離近到每個人都被期待要開口。沒有人是來聽別人從頭講到尾的——大家帶著還…更多收起
可以想成一小群人圍著同一個窄窄的題目坐下來，距離近到每個人都被期待要開口。沒有人是來聽別人從頭講到尾的——大家帶著還沒想完整的東西過來，在現場一起把它弄清楚。桌子小、人數少、題目窄，這就是 seminar 跟 lecture（大講堂）最不一樣的地方。From the word’s history
Seminar entered English in 1887 from German Seminar, 'a group of students working with a professor', and behind that is Latin seminarium — literally a plant nursery, a seed plot, and figuratively a breeding ground. The image fits the format: a seminar does not hand you the finished plant, it is a small bed where half-grown ideas get put in the ground and worked on.
seminar 1887 年從德文 Seminar（「跟著教授一起做研究的一群學生」）進入英文，再往上是拉丁文 seminarium，字面是「苗圃、育苗的地方」，引申為「培育的溫床」。這個來源跟它的形式很合：seminar 不是把長好的成品交給你，而是一塊小苗圃——大家把還沒成形的想法帶來，種下去，一起把它養大。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entry 'seminar': 1887, from German Seminar, from Latin seminarium 'plant nursery, seed plot', figuratively 'breeding ground'; the 'meeting for discussion' sense by 1944 in American English.
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
seminarnoun/ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/
- 1
A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
- Students attended a seminar on climate change.
- She gave a guest lecture during the philosophy seminar.
- 2
A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.
- The company hosted a training seminar for new employees.
seminarverb/ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/
- 1
To participate in or lead a seminar.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。