"summa" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 綜述 (學術或神學著作)
• 總結 (罕用, 書面)

Definition

拉丁文，指全面系統的著作，常用於總結某一知識領域（如哲學、神學），或指最高學術榮譽（如“ Summa Cum Laude”）。有時也指摘要或總和。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

學術、正式用語，多出現在‘summa cum laude’、‘Summa Theologica’等表達，日常對話少用。不要和summer（夏天）混淆。

Examples

She graduated summa cum laude from university.

她大學以**summa** cum laude 畢業。

The philosopher wrote a summa about ethics.

那位哲學家寫了一部關於倫理學的**summa**。

Thomas Aquinas is famous for his Summa Theologica.

託馬斯・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非常罕見——只有最優秀的學生才會得到。

Her dissertation became the standard summa for modern linguistic theory.

她的論文成為現代語言學理論的標準**summa**。

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

如果你讀過中世紀原始的**summa**，你會發現那些書多麼詳盡。