recension
noun formal uk/rɪˈsen.ʃən/ us/rɪˈsen.ʃən/
[ C ]（尤指旧籍的）修订版
a version of a text, especially a historical text, that has been revised (= changed and improved) by someone examining and judging it carefully
This is not the original recension of the text. 这不是该书的原始修订版。
The Historia Brittonum is a historical work that was first composed around 830, and that exists in several recensions. 《不列颠人的历史》是一部历史著作，最初创作于830年左右，并存在多个修订版。
[ U ]（尤指对旧籍的）修订
the activity of revising (= changing and improving) a text, especially a historical text, by examining and judging it carefully
The process of recension has reduced the number of texts having a claim to be considered authoritative. 修订的过程删减了可被视为权威性的文本内容的数量。
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- His shorter and snappier expurgated recension became the only one known.
- An alternative recension of the Translatio emphasizes the similarities between the new crypt at San Martino and that at St Peter's.
- Its object was to devise a style of recension appropriate to the special circumstances under which early printed texts were produced.
- The Lachmannian formula of recension was applied to texts, classical as well as medieval.