• n. 教學大綱，摘要；課程表

來自晚期拉丁語 syllabus,清單，目錄，誤讀或誤寫自希臘語 sittybos,清單，目錄，詞源不詳。 該錯誤發生的原因可能是編者認為該希臘詞本身是一個錯誤，而正確的拼寫應為 syllabe,集 中，聚集，詞源同 syllable.并由該拉丁詞引申詞義摘要，提綱等。

syllabus

syllabus: [17] The word syllabus is the result of a misprint. It originated as Greek sittúbā ‘label, table of contents’, which was borrowed into Latin as sittyba. However, in an early printed edition of Cicero’s Letters to Atticus, in the 1470s, its accusative plural form sittybas was misprinted as syllabos. This was taken as representing a Greek súllabos, a supposed (but quite spurious) derivative of Greek sullambánein ‘gather together’ (source of English syllable), which was then relatinized to syllabus. Its earliest application to the ‘contents of a course of instruction’ appears to date from the late 18th century.

syllabus (n.)

1650s, "table of contents of a series of lectures, etc.," from Late Latin syllabus "list," ultimately a misreading of Greek sittybos "parchment label, table of contents," of unknown origin. The misprint appeared in a 15c. edition of Cicero's "Ad Atticum" (see OED). Had it been a real word, the proper plural would be syllabi.

1. The school syllabus seems aimed at the lowest common denominator.

學校的教學大綱似乎是針對接受能力最差的學生制定的。

來自《權威詞典》

2. Have you got next year's syllabus?

你拿到明年的教學大綱了 嗎 ?

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. We must try to diversify the syllabus to attract more students.

我們應該使教學大綱內容多樣化,可以多吸引學生.

來自辭典例句

4. Justinian introduced a new syllabus.

查士丁尼采納了一份新的教學大綱.

來自辭典例句

5. I'm passing out the syllabus.

我把上課進度表發下去.

來自無師自通 校園英語會話