congregate

英 [ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪt]

美 [ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪt]

v.  群集; 聚集; 集合

现在分词：congregating　过去分词：congregated　过去式：congregated　第三人称单数：congregates　

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牛津词典

verb

• 群集；聚集；集合
  to come together in a group
  1. Young people often congregate in the main square in the evenings.
     年轻人傍晚时经常聚集在大广场上。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 集合;聚集
  When peoplecongregate, they gather together and form a group.
  1. Youngsters love to congregate here in the evenings outside cinemas showing American films...
     晚上，年轻人喜欢聚集在放映美国电影的电影院外面。
  2. Visitors congregated on Sunday afternoons to view public exhibitions.
     每周日下午，游客成群结队地来看公开展览。

英英释义

verb

• come together, usually for a purpose
  1. The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve

双语例句

• All the big game congregate here, and birdlife is particularly prolific.
  所有的大型野兽都聚集在这里，鸟类尤其丰富。
• Mullets, crabs, rays and small fish congregate by the thousands off an Alabama pier.
  鲻鱼、螃蟹、鳐鱼和其它小鱼成群聚集在阿拉巴马州的码头外；
• It is here that crooks and smugglers and dope-pedlars congregate, and a pretty villainous gang they are.
  正是在这里，骗子，走私犯，毒品贩子聚集在一起，他们真是一伙十恶不赦的家伙。
• Smoking should be banned in all cars as well as in public places where young people congregate, doctors are urging.
  英国医师呼吁，禁止在一切汽车内、以及年轻人聚集的公共场所吸烟。
• In the past, kids often wandered the streets ( or woods and fields) with relative freedom, and used that time to explore boundaries and congregate with friends.
  过去，孩子们经常相对自由地在街道上（或者树林和田野中）漫游，并且花时间探索边界，与朋友们聚在一起。
• Youngsters love to congregate here in the evenings outside cinemas showing American films
  晚上，年轻人喜欢聚集在放映美国电影的电影院外面。
• The interior pipes of whirlpool baths that are not filtered or chemically treated, and non-maintained hot tubs, are prime areas for potentially infectious microbes to congregate and grow, Moyes noted.
  莫耶斯博士指出，未经过滤或未经化学处理的涡流浴缸内管和非持续性热按摩浴缸，是潜在传染性微生物聚集和孳生的主要地方。
• When the process parameters are not appropriate, the oxide and impurity congregate between the layered microstructures.
  当工艺参数不恰当时，该区域层间易产生氧化物和杂质物的富集。
• Mashups: This is the facility via which people on the internet can congregate services from multiple vendors to create a completely new service.
  Mashups：这个工具可以使Internet用户聚集来自多家供应商的服务，从而创建一个全新的服务。
• French and Indian workers congregate in high-rise buildings.
  法国和印度工人聚集在高层公寓；