🔑pub·li·ca·tionAWBrE/ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃn/NAmE/ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃn/noun🔑[U, C]theactofprintingabook, amagazine, etc. andmakingitavailabletothepublic; abook, amagazine, etc. thathasbeenpublished(书刊等的)出版,发行;出版物◆thepublicationdate出版日期◆thepublicationofhisfirstnovel他首部小说的出版◆specialistpublications专业出版物🔑[U]theactofprintingsthinanewspaper, report, etc. sothatthepublicknowsaboutit发表;刊登;公布◆adelayinthepublicationoftheexamresults考试成绩的延期公布◆Thenewspapercontinuestodefenditspublicationofthephotographs. 这家报纸继续为刊登这些照片辩护。