世界博览会(World'sFair),又称国际博览会及万国博览会,简称世博会、世博、万博,是一个具国际规模的集会.参展者向世界各国展示当代的文化、科技和产业上正面影响各种生活范畴的成果.
UniversalExpositionorExpo(shortfor"exposition",andalsoknownasWorldFairandWorld'sFair)isthenamegiventovariouslargepublicexhibitionsheldsincethemid-19thcentury.Theyarethethirdlargesteventintheworldintermsofeconomicandculturalimpact
World'sFairsoriginatedintheFrenchtraditionofnationalexhibitions,atraditionthatculminatedwiththeFrenchIndustrialExpositionof1844heldinParis.ItwassoonfollowedbyothernationalexhibitionsincontinentalEurope,andfinallycametoLondonwherethefirstrealinternationalexhibitionwasheld.
Sincetheirinceptionin1851,thecharacterofworldexpositionshasevolved.Threeerascanbedistinguished:theeraofindustrialization,theeraofculturalexchange,andtheeraofnationbranding.
其他的到wikipedia搜寻“WorldExpo”就有了.