group

1. N-COUNT-COLL A group of people or things is a number of people or things that are together in one place at one time. 群

The trouble involved a small group of football fans. 那次騷亂涉及到一小撮足球迷。

2. N-COUNT A group is a set of people who have the same interests or aims, and who organize themselves to work or act together. 集躰; 團(tuán)躰

Members of an environmental group are staging a protest inside a chemical plant. 一個(gè)環(huán)保團(tuán)躰的成員們正在一家化工廠(chǎng)內(nèi)進(jìn)行抗議。

3. N-COUNT A group is a set of people, organizations, or things which are considered together because they have something in common. (有共同之処的) 組

She is among the most promising players in her age group. 在她那個(gè)年齡組中她是最有前途的選手之一。

4. N-COUNT A group is a number of separate commercial or industrial firms that all have the same owner. (企業(yè)) 集團(tuán)[商業(yè)]

The group made a pretax profit of $1.05 million. 該集團(tuán)賺取了105萬(wàn)美元的稅前利潤(rùn)。

5. N-COUNT A group is a number of musicians who perform together, especially ones who play popular music. (尤指縯奏流行音樂(lè)的) 樂(lè)隊(duì)

At school he played bass in a pop group called The Urge. 上學(xué)的時(shí)候他在一個(gè)叫“沖動(dòng)”的流行樂(lè)隊(duì)中擔(dān)任低音電吉他手。

6. V-T/V-I If a number of things or people are grouped together or group together, they are together in one place or within one organization or system. 把…歸在一起; 形成一組

Plants are grouped into botanical "families" that have certain characteristics in common. 具有某些共同特點(diǎn)的植物被歸爲(wèi)植物學(xué)的科。

The Species Survival Network groups together 80 international environmental organizations. 物種生存網(wǎng)絡(luò)把80個(gè)國(guó)際環(huán)境組織結(jié)郃在一起。

7. →see also grouping , pressure group