Word · Frequency #19049
omnibus
综合性的；包含多项的
Including or covering multiple items; comprehensive.
- 1.
Containing multiple items.
包含多个项目
- 2.
Of a transportation service, calling at every station, as opposed to express; local.
一种交通服务,停靠每个站点,与快车相对；本地
- 3.
providing for many things at once
综合性的
每站都停的；慢车的；包含多个项目；一种交通服务,停靠每个站点,与快车相对；本地；综合性的；总括的
In use
The legislature passed an omnibus budget that included funding for education, healthcare, and infrastructure.
The publisher released an omnibus volume containing all three novels of the trilogy.
The new omnibus policy addresses several workplace issues such as overtime, safety, and leave.
an omnibus law
Connections
Collocations
- omnibus bill
- 综合法案，涵盖多项议题的法案
- The Senate passed an omnibus bill that funded several agencies.参议院通过了一项为多个机构提供资金的综合法案。
- omnibus package
- 一揽子综合方案
- The committee approved an omnibus package of reforms.委员会批准了一项一揽子综合改革方案。
- omnibus budget
- 综合预算，总括预算
- The governor signed the omnibus budget into law.州长签署了综合预算使其成为法律。
- omnibus edition
- 合编本，选集版
- The library bought the omnibus edition of the mystery series.图书馆购买了这部推理小说系列的合编本。
- omnibus legislation
- 综合立法，一揽子立法
- Lawmakers debated the omnibus legislation for weeks.议员们就这项综合立法辩论了数周。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 omni = all（全部）：omnibus 是包含多项的综合性巴士；bus 又提示每站都停的慢车。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：legislation（综合法案）、publishing/media（合订本、综合版）、transport（每站都停的慢车，较陈旧） 作形容词时，omnibus 通常用于正式或书面语境，多指“包含多项内容的”或“综合性的”，如 omnibus bill（综合法案）、omnibus edition（合订本/综合版）。在交通方面表示“每站都停的、非快车的”，但该用法如今比较陈旧，多见于历史或说明性文本。日常口语中较少使用，可改用 comprehensive、all-in-one 等更常见的词。
Grammar Note
仅用于名词前
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end in -bus, but none rhymes with omnibus /ˈɑmnəbəs/. bus has a different vowel; incubus, succubus, and rebus use different stressed vowels; rhombus has /mbəs/ after the stressed vowel rather than /mnəbəs/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.