【congregate】 - A-level备考词汇

congregate

UK:  ['kɒŋgrɪgeɪt]

US:  ['kɒŋgrɪgeɪt]

第三人称单数：congregates  现在分词：congregating  过去分词：congregated  

v.

1.(使)聚集,集合;会和

adj.

1.聚集的;集团的,集聚的

2.集体的

1 . Registration is often just the start. Sometimes sex offenders are barred from living near places where children congregate.
登记在案通常只是开始，有时性罪犯还被禁止接近儿童聚集的场所。

2 . At Barcelona, there was an area where the puffers would congregate near the transport mall.
在巴塞罗那奥运会，运动员们常聚集在路边超市附近的一个固定地点抽烟。

3 . At the beginning of each year, the wildebeest congregate on the fringes of the Serengeti - all giving birth in the same month.
在每年年初，角马聚集在赛伦盖蒂平原边缘–全都在同一个月内分娩。

4 . Tens of thousands of whiskered terns congregate in mid-air. On the direction of their leader, the flock dives from a great height at speed.
上万只的黑腹燕鸥，在天空集结，领袖一声令下，黑腹燕鸥群由高空高速向下俯冲。

5 . That event, Stone says, helped him to understand how social media enabled people to suddenly congregate with unforeseen speed and force.
斯通表示，通过那件事，他明白了社交媒体是如何使得人们能以一种难以预料的速度和力量聚集到一起。