group /ɡruːp/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (grouping,grouped,groups)

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  N-COUNT-COLL（集体可数名词） A group of people or things is a number of people or things that are together in one place at one time. 群

  例：

  The trouble involved a small group of football fans.

  那次骚乱涉及到一小撮足球迷。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A group is a set of people who have the same interests or aims, and who organize themselves to work or act together. 集体; 团体

  例：

  Members of an environmental group are staging a protest inside a chemical plant.

  一个环保团体的成员们正在一家化工厂内进行抗议。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A group is a set of people, organizations, or things which are considered together because they have something in common. (有共同之处的) 组

  例：

  She is among the most promising players in her age group.

  在她那个年龄组中她是最有前途的选手之一。

• 4.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A group is a number of separate commercial or industrial firms that all have the same owner. (企业) 集团 [商业]

  例：

  The group made a pretax profit of $1.05 million.

  该集团赚取了105万美元的税前利润。

• 5.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A group is a number of musicians who perform together, especially ones who play popular music. (尤指演奏流行音乐的) 乐队

  例：

  At school he played bass in a pop group called The Urge.

  上学的时候他在一个叫“冲动”的流行乐队中担任低音电吉他手。

• 6.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） 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…归在一起; 形成一组

  例：

  Plants are grouped into botanical "families" that have certain characteristics in common.

  具有某些共同特点的植物被归为植物学的科。

• 7.  

  （） → see also grouping, pressure group