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

• The idea is that the spheres will adhere to platelets and help them congregate into a clot.
  该研究的理念是，这些球粒会跟血小板粘合在一起，帮助血小板聚集起来，形成凝块。
• In prosperous Hangzhou, residential committees have begun a systematic noise-monitoring program, using decibel meters, in areas where dancers congregate.
  在繁华的杭州市，居委会已经开始了系统性的噪音监控措施，在跳舞者聚集的区域用分贝仪测量噪音。
• 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。
• 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。
• Appropriately, they all now have an equally splendid place to congregate.
  他们现在都恰如其分地找到了一处聚集在一起的绝妙地盘。
• Humans along the shorelines where we congregate have often viewed the Walrus species with interest.
  人们经常在我们聚集的海岸线上，饶有兴致地观察我们。
• Dramatic die-offs are most common in animals that congregate or travel in large groups.
  大规模死亡在以大群落聚集或迁徙的动物中间最为常见。
• By visiting religious and cultural centers where people congregate.
  通过拜访人们聚集的宗教和文化中心。
• 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。
• French and Indian workers congregate in high-rise buildings.
  法国和印度工人聚集在高层公寓；