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A syllabus is the written plan of what a course covers: the topics, in order, and often the readings, the dates, the assignments and how the grade is decided. It answers the question 'what will we actually study in this class?' A syllabus can belong to one teacher's course (the given out in the first week) or to a whole national exam system — in Britain and in much of Asia, exam boards publish a syllabus that every school must teach toward.
A syllabussyllabus is the written plan of what a course covers是一門課會教什麼內容的書面計畫: the topics, in order, and often the readings, the dates, the assignments and how the grade is decided依序列出的主題，通常還有閱讀材料、日期、作業，以及成績怎麼算. It answers the question 'what will we actually study in this class?'它回答的問題是『這堂課到底要教什麼？』 A syllabus can belong to one teacher's course (the handout given out in the first week)syllabus可以是某位老師這門課的（開學第一週發的那張講義） or to a whole national exam system也可以是整個國家考試系統的 — in Britain and in much of Asia, exam boards publish a syllabus that every school must teach toward在英國和亞洲大部分地方，考試委員會會公布一份所有學校都必須教到的syllabus.
Two comparisons help. A syllabus is narrower than a 'curriculum': the curriculum is everything a school teaches across all subjects and years, while a syllabus is one subject or one course inside it. And a syllabus is bigger than a 'schedule' or 'timetable', which only tells you when things happen, not what is in them.
Two comparisons help有兩個比較可以幫助理解. A syllabus is narrower than a 'curriculum'syllabus比curriculum（課綱）範圍小: the curriculum is everything a school teaches across all subjects and yearscurriculum是一間學校跨所有科目、所有年級教的所有東西, while a syllabus is one subject or one course inside it而syllabus是裡面的一門科目或一門課. And a syllabus is bigger than a 'schedule' or 'timetable'而syllabus又比『schedule』或『timetable』（課表）範圍大, which only tells you when things happen, not what is in them那些只告訴你事情什麼時候發生，不會告訴你內容是什麼.
British and American usage differ a little: in the US the common word is 'syllabus' for a single professor's course document, while 'course outline' or 'course description' also appear; in Britain 'syllabus' more often points at the official content list for an exam.
British and American usage differ a little英式和美式用法有一點不同: in the US the common word is 'syllabus' for a single professor's course document在美國，一位教授這門課的文件常見叫『syllabus』, while 'course outline' or 'course description' also appear也會出現『course outline』或『course description』; in Britain 'syllabus' more often points at the official content list for an exam在英國，『syllabus』比較常指一場考試官方公布的內容清單.
The plural is the strange part — you will see both 'syllabuses' and 'syllabi'. Both are correct; 'syllabuses' is safer and more common in modern writing, and 'syllabi' sounds more academic. It is a countable noun: 'a syllabus', 'two syllabuses'.
The plural is the strange part複數是比較奇怪的地方 — you will see both 'syllabuses' and 'syllabi'你會看到『syllabuses』和『syllabi』兩種寫法. Both are correct兩種都是對的; 'syllabuses' is safer and more common in modern writing『syllabuses』比較保險，在現代寫作裡也比較常見, and 'syllabi' sounds more academic『syllabi』則聽起來比較學術. It is a countable noun它是可數名詞: 'a syllabus', 'two syllabuses'『a syllabus』、『two syllabuses』.
組成Borrowed from Medieval Latin syllabus 'list' — and the funny part is that this Latin word is a mistake. A 1470s printed edition of Cicero's letters misread the Greek word sittýba, which meant the little parchment label stuck on a scroll to say what was inside — in other words, a table of contents. The misprint 'syllabos' was then treated as a real word, helped along by the look of Greek syllambánō 'to put together'. So 'syllabus' means 'list' because of a printer's error that nobody ever corrected.
原始詞典資料2 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。
syllabusnoun/ˈsɪləbəs/
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educationA summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.
- In the first half of the year, teachers attended the training workshop for the new K-10 Chinese syllabus. In July, almost all the teachers attended the teacher training courses provided by OCAC.
- ‘I checked online for a beginner syllabus,’ she say. ‘A syllabus is a plan for how we would work, what I can teach you.’
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lawThe headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.
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。