trivium


n. 三学科(文法、逻辑、修辞)

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trivium (n.)
1804, from Medieval Latin trivium (9c.) "grammar, rhetoric, and logic," the first three of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, considered initiatory and foundational to the other four: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. From Latin trivium, in classical Latin "place where three roads meet; a frequented place; public street, highway" (see trivial).

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1. The curriculum was divided into the qadrivium and the trivium.
课程分为四大科和三学科.
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2. The trivium consisted of grammar, logic and rhetoric, the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music.
三门科目由文法 、 逻辑和修辞学组成;四门科目由算术 、 几何 、 天文和音乐组成.
来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
3. The trivium is concerned with the study of language.
三科是关于语言的学习.
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