assembly

1. N-COUNT An assembly is a large group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or country. 議會

...the campaign for the first free election to the National Assembly. …為首次自由選舉入國民議會而進行的運動。

2. N-COUNT An assembly is a group of people gathered together for a particular purpose. 集會者

He waited until complete quiet settled on the assembly. 他等到集會者完全安靜下來。

3. N-UNCOUNT When you refer to rights of assembly or restrictions on assembly, you are referring to the legal right that people have to gather together. 集會[正式]

The U.S. Constitution guarantees free speech, freedom of assembly and equal protection. 美國憲法保證自由言論、集會自由和平等保護權(quán)。

4. N-UNCOUNT The assembly of a machine, device, or object is the process of fitting its different parts together. 組裝

For the rest of the day, he worked on the assembly of an explosive device. 在那天余下的時間里，他在進行一個爆炸裝置的組裝。

5. N-VAR In a school, an assembly is a gathering of all the teachers and students for a particular purpose. (學校師生的) 大會

Recently named the nation's top girls' basketball player, she will be honoured this morning at a school assembly. 最近被命名為全國頂級女子籃球運動員的她將于今天上午在學校大會上被表彰。