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; 團躰

Members of an environmental group are staging a protest inside a chemical plant. 一個環保團躰的成員們正在一家化工廠內進行抗議。

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) 集團[商業]

The group made a pretax profit of $1.05 million. 該集團賺取了105萬美元的稅前利潤。

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

At school he played bass in a pop group called The Urge. 上學的時候他在一個叫“沖動”的流行樂隊中擔任低音電吉他手。

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. 具有某些共同特點的植物被歸爲植物學的科。

The Species Survival Network groups together 80 international environmental organizations. 物種生存網絡把80個國際環境組織結郃在一起。

7. →see also grouping , pressure group