1. [U]发表,公布 the act of making sth known to the public
2. [U]出版,刊行,发行 the action of making a book available for sale, or the time at which you do this
3. [C]出版物,书刊 sth published, such as a book or magazine

1. a copy of a printed work offered for distribution

2. the act of issuing printed materials

3. the communication of something to the public; making information generally known

4. the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution

1.出版；发行
Thepublication of a book or magazine is the act of printing it and sending it to shops to be sold.

publication在线翻译

e.g. The guide is being translated into several languages forpublication near Christmas...
该手册正被译成数种语言，将在临近圣诞节时出版。
e.g. Thepublication of his collected poems was approaching the status of an event.
他的诗集的出版可能说是一件大事。

2.出版物；发行物
Apublication is a book or magazine that has been published.

e.g. They have started legal proceedings against two publications which spoke of an affair.
他们开始对两本提及一桩婚外情的出版物提起法律诉讼。

3.公布；发布
Thepublication of something such as information is the act of making it known to the public, for example by informing journalists or by publishing a government document.

e.g. A spokesman said: 'We have no comment regarding thepublication of these photographs.'
一位发言人说，“对于这些照片的公之于众，我们不予置评。”

1. 出版物：掌握检索的主要途径:出版物(publication)、关键词(Keyword)、作者(Author)等. 例1.出版物(publication)检索利用EBSCO检索IEEE出版物中关于数字电路(digital circuit)的论文(列举两篇相关文献). 例2.关键词(Keyword)或主题词(subject terms)检索:例3.作者(Author)检索

2. 出版品：其他(Other) 任何其他相关资讯NLA 数位化计画和声音保存计画(Sound Preservation Project)所产生的数位系统,进而形成一种数位典藏库(Digital Repository)的概念,相关的互动系线上传递则透过阿帕契(Apache)网站伺服器来提供;Metadata 则包含在伸出版品(publication)一词的定义.