congress

Compared meaning: a gathering to discuss something (noun).

比较义项：大型正式会议、讨论会（名词）。

• congress 本词

  A large, formal gathering, often international or professional, held to discuss a specific topic; typically periodic (e.g. annual) and more formal and large-scale than a meeting.

  指大型、正式的集会，常具有国际性或专业性质，用于讨论某一特定议题，通常定期举行（如每年一次），比meeting更正式、规模更大。

  Thousands of scientists attended the medical congress in Vienna this year.

  今年有数千名科学家参加了在维也纳举行的医学大会。

• meeting

  A general everyday word for any occasion when people gather to discuss something; can be small, informal, and held as often as needed, such as weekly.

  泛指人们聚在一起讨论事情的场合，用法日常、通用，规模可小可随意，且可以按需频繁举行，例如每周一次。

  We have a short meeting every Monday morning to plan the week.

  我们每周一早上都会开一个简短的会议来安排这一周的工作。

Congress and meeting both mean people gathering to discuss something. Congress is large and formal, often international, held regularly. Meeting is the everyday word for any gathering, which can be small, informal, and as frequent as needed. Congress's sense 'a national legislature' is not compared.

congress和meeting都指人们聚在一起讨论问题的场合，但congress更强调正式、大型、专业性质的集会，常见于国际会议或行业大会；meeting则是日常泛用词，规模和场合都更随意，可大可小。此处不比较congress作“国会”（如美国国会等立法机构）时的意思。