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reunion

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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re·u·nion /riːˈjuːnjən/ ●○○ noun  1 [countable]SESSO a social meeting of people who have not met for a long time, especially people who were at school or college together 〔尤指同学久别后的〕聚会,重聚联欢会 an annual reunion 一年一度的聚会 a family reunion 家庭聚会 a high-school reunion 高中同学联谊聚会2 [uncountable]TOGETHER when people are brought together again after a period of being separated 团圆,团聚reunion with Joseph’s eventual reunion with his brother 约瑟夫和他弟弟的最终团聚
Examples from the Corpus
reunionIn 1995, about 150 former faculty and staff of Black Mountain attended a reunion on the Lake Eden campus.A reunion should cater for all levels of work and it is hoped this can be rectified next time.David is hoping for an eventual reunion with his wife.a family reunionMethodists' main concern was not so much the debate over collectivism v. individualism as over reunion of the various Methodist divisions.My twenty-year high school reunion is in August.At the Slavonic Studies reunion I met several current undergraduates from Campion.In the course of the reunion, the former collegians did what they had always done.Indeed, they've been estranged, with their reunion the basis for the play.We all applaud and drink to reunion.family reunionWe suggest that baptism for non-believers enables a family reunion to take place.But Banderas is treating the event like a family reunion.It was like a family reunion but it was nothing compared to the scene on the set the next day.For a while, being there felt like horning in on a family reunion.I felt like a distant cousin stepping into an ongoing family reunion.It gives priority to economic co-operation, reconciliation, family reunions and government-level dialogue.Go and celebrate in the family reunion area in Jubilee Gardens.
nRéunion  nan island in the western Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, that is a dependency of France. Population: 837,868 (2012). Capital: Saint-Denis.
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reunion
reunion /riːˈjuːnjən/ noun
1. [countable] a social meeting of people who have not met for a long time, especially people who were at school or college together:
    an annual reunion
    a family reunion
    a high-school reunion
2. [uncountable] when people are brought together again after a period of being separated
    reunion with
    Joseph’s eventual reunion with his brother


re·unionBrE /ˌriːˈjuːniən/ 🔊NAmE /ˌriːˈjuːniən/ 🔊 noun [countable] a social occasion or party attended by a group of people who have not seen each other for a long time 重逢;团聚;聚会a family reunion家人团聚the school's annual reunion一年一度的校友联欢会a reunion of the class of '8585 届同学聚会 [countable, uncountable] ~ (with sb) | ~ (between A and B) the act of people coming together after they have been apart for some time 相聚;团圆an emotional reunion between mother and son母子团圆的激动场面Christmas is a time of reunion. 圣诞节是团聚的日子。🔊🔊 [uncountable] the action of becoming a single group or organization again 重新结合;再度联合the reunion of the Church of England with the Church of Rome英格兰圣公会和天主教的再度联合