"summa" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 综述 (学术或神学著作)
• 总结 (稀有, 书面)

Definition

拉丁文，指全面系统的著作，常用于总结某一知识领域（如哲学、神学），或指顶级学术荣誉（如“ Summa Cum Laude”）。有时也指摘要或总和。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

学术、正式用词，多见于‘summa cum laude’、‘Summa Theologica’等表达，很少用于日常对话。和summer（夏天）不要混淆。

Examples

She graduated summa cum laude from university.

她大学以**summa** cum laude 毕业。

The philosopher wrote a summa about ethics.

那位哲学家写了一部关于伦理学的**summa**。

Thomas Aquinas is famous for his Summa Theologica.

托马斯·阿奎那因其《**Summa** Theologica》而著名。

Getting summa cum laude is incredibly rare—only the very top students achieve it.

拿到**summa** cum laude非常罕见——只有最优秀的学生才会获得。

Her dissertation became the standard summa for modern linguistic theory.

她的论文成了现代语言学理论的标准**summa**。

If you ever read the original medieval summa, you’ll see how detailed those books were.

如果你读过原版中世纪的**summa**，就会发现那些书有多详细。