1come together in a group聚集ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤quickly迅速聚集▸➤about, around, round, together圍攏;聚集起來PREPOSITION➤around, round (especially BrE) 聚集在⋯周圍◇The boys gathered around the car.男孩們圍攏在那輛汽車周圍。➤for因⋯集合◇They are all gathering for a major conference.他們集合起來準備開大會。gather
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2bring people/things together使聚攏ADVERB➤hastily, hurriedly, quickly匆忙召集;迅速聚攏◇She hastily gathered all her belongings together.她把自己的東西匆忙收拾了起來。➤carefully仔細收集▸➤together, up集攏gather
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3increase增加ADVERB | VERB + GATHERADVERB➤quickly, rapidly迅速/快速聚集◇The movement for reform rapidly gathered momentum.改革運動迅速蓬勃地開展起來。➤slowly緩慢積聚VERB + GATHER➤begin to, start to開始積聚◇As the weeks passed, Charlie began to gather strength.幾週以後,查利逐漸開始恢復元氣。➤continue to繼續聚集