名詞 edition:

1. the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
2. all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time
3. an issue of a newspaper
4. something a little different from others of the same type
   同義詞：version, variant, variation

1. This edition of the dictionary is sold out.
   這個版本的字典已售完了。
2. The book will be indexed in the next edition so as to make it more useful.
   為了使它更實用，這本書在下一版本中將編有索引。
3. This is an abridged edition of "war and peace".
   這是“戰(zhàn)爭與和平”的節(jié)略版。
4. The second edition greatly improves on the first edition.
   第二版比第一版好了許多。
5. Have you read the unabridged edition of that book?
   你讀過那本書的全文版本嗎？
6. It has just entered the seventh edition.
   它剛出版了第七版。
7. She is an improved edition of her mother.
   她長得像她母親但勝過她母親。
8. The edition is limited to 500 copies.
   該版限出500本。

e.di.tion

n.Abbr. ed.,edit.（名詞）縮寫 ed.,edit.

The entire number of copies of a publication issued at one time or from a single set of type.
版本：同期發(fā)行的出版物總印數或一種版式的總印數
A single copy from this group.
該版中的一本
The form in which a publication is issued:
版本形式：出版物被發(fā)行的方式：
例句：
a paperback edition of a novel; an annotated edition of Shakespeare.
平裝本小說；莎士比亞作品的注釋版

A version of an earlier publication having substantial changes or additions:
修訂版：對以前的出版物進行重大修改或添加的版本：
例句：
a newly revised edition of a standard reference work.
一本參考書的最新修訂版

All the copies of a specified issue of a newspaper:
出報：一種新聞發(fā)行物的所有印件：
例句：
the morning edition; the Sunday edition.
早報；周日報

A broadcast of a radio or television news program:
新聞節(jié)目：廣播或電視新聞節(jié)目的播出：
例句：
Thursday`s edition of the six o`clock news.
周四的六點鐘新聞

The entire number of like or identical items issued or produced as a set:
限量版：作為一套發(fā)行或產生的相似或相同的物品總數：
例句：
a limited edition of early jazz recordings; a signed edition of a group of lithographs.
早期爵士樂的限量版唱片；有作者簽名的版畫限量版

Any of the various or successive forms in which something is offered or presented:
期刊：任一種事物出現或表現的形式或相繼出現的形式：
例句：
this year`s edition of fall fashions from Paris.
今年巴黎秋裝的期刊

One that closely resembles an original; a version:
與原物極相似的事物；翻版：
例句：
The boy was a smaller edition of his father.
這男孩是他父親的小號翻版

來源：
Middle English edicion [version, translation]
中古英語 edicion [版本，翻譯]
from Latin ôditiô ôditiôn- [publication, production]
源自 拉丁語 ôditiô ôditiôn- [出版物，產品]
from ôditus [past participle of] ôdere [to publish, produce]
源自 ôditus [] ôdere的過去分詞 [出版，生產]
ô-, ex- [ex-]
ô-, ex- [前綴，表.出.]
dare [to give] * see dô-
dare [給予] *參見 dô-