ses‧sion S2 W2 / seʃ ə n / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a period of time used for a particular activity, especially by a group of people :

a training session for teachers about computers

question-and-answer sessions

session of

a session of group therapy → jam session

2 a formal meeting or group of meetings, especially of a law court or parliament

session of

the first televised session of parliament

in session (= meeting )

The court is now in session.

Board members met in closed session (= with nobody else present ) .

3 American English a part of the year when classes are given at a college or university → semester

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + session

a training session Every training session starts with a series of exercises.

a practice session He crashed during a practice session before this Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

a question-and-answer session (= when people ask a speaker questions ) His talk was followed by a question and answer session.

a photo session (= when someone is photographed for a magazine etc ) I normally have two or three photo sessions a week.

a therapy/counselling session (= when someone is given personal advice ) At one point his parents joined him for a family therapy session.

a brainstorming session (= when people think up new ideas ) I think we should just get together and have a brainstorming session.

动词

have a session We had a special training session yesterday.

do a session informal We’re doing a photo session tomorrow.

attend a session formal Some doctors require patients to attend counselling sessions.