centralize collect concentrate convergence focus muster poolcentralize[5sentrElaiz]vt.集聚, 集中, 施行中央集权vi.集中于中央(或中心)centralize[5sentrElaIz]vt., vi.-ized, -izing集中；形成中心；中央集权 （亦作： centralise）collect[kE5lekt]v.收集, 聚集, 集中, 搜集adj.由收件人付款的adv.由收件人付款地collect 1[kE5lekt]vt., vi.收集；集合A crowd had collected to watch the ceremony.人群集中起来观看典礼。合集；搜集collect stamps集邮领取；接走（人、物）Today it is his turn to collect the children from school in the community.今天该轮到他把孩子们从社区学校接回去。使镇静；集中（思想等）The old lady tried to collect her thoughts but she was too excited.(喻)"老太太力图镇定下来,但是太激动了。"收款；收账collect money收钱The electrician will come round to collect the electricity fee for the month one of these days.日内电工将来收取这个月的电费。collectadj.由受话人付款的（电话）a collect call对方付款的电话collectadv.〈电话〉由受话人付款to call sb. collect打对方付款电话collect 2[5kRlekt]n.短祷告collect来自拉丁词 collectus=col-集合+legere 收集，lect 收集，选择，如elect 选举collect,gather,assemble是词义很近的同义词，它们的一般含义是“收集”或“使…集中到一起”。collect 通常表示有目的或有挑选的收集，而gather 一般表示由少积多的收集。He knew I collected birds' eggs…他知道我收集各种鸟蛋……He collected a lot of valuable stamps.他收集了许多有价值的邮票。He was a collector.他做过收租人。The teacher collected all the pupils in front of the classroom buildings.老师把小学生招集在教学楼前。The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then failed to collect it.海盗常把金子埋藏在山洞里，而后来又没能取走。此外，gather的用法较广泛，能组成不少的习语。如：be gathered to one's fathers(死亡)，gather the brows (眉)，gather oneself together(振奋精神)。collect 和gather 有时虽然可以换用(如：He collected his belongings and went away. 此句中的 collected 便可换以gathered, 句子的意思并不改变。)但是collect one's thoughts 与gather one's thoughts 之间便有明显的含义差别，前者的意思是把自己的思想有条理地组织起来，后者的意思是把分散了的思想集中起来。collect money 表示为某目的而收款或募款，而gather money 则表示积钱。A large crowed gathered under the Town Hall clock.一大群人聚集在市政厅的大钟下。The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains.全村日夜辛苦地干着，要在9月的雨季之前收割并打完今年的庄稼。The country girl gathered some firewood.那个农家姑娘拾了些柴火。assemble 强调把数个个体紧密地联合在一起，或者表示这种联合是自觉的而且有一定的目的的。The students assemble for class at 8 o'clock in the morning.学生早上八时聚集在一起上课。It was here the scattered forces of the revolution assembled in the autumn of 1928.就是在这里，分散了的革命武装力量于1928年秋季聚集起来了。The workers who assemble cars work very skilfully.装配汽车的工人们干得很熟练。concentrate[5kRnsEntreIt]vt., vi.-trated, -trating集中（注意力、思想等）Concentrate on your work.集中精神工作。A driver should concentrate on the road when driving.开车时驾驶员的注意力要集中在路上。集中于某处；使集中于一点concentrate rays of light into a focus把光线集中在焦点上Industrial development is being concentrated in the west of the country.这个国家的西部正集中发展工业。浓缩concentraten.浓缩物orange juice concentrate浓缩橘子汁convergence[kEn`v\:dVEns]n.集中, 收敛focus[5fEJkEs]n.-cuses 或 -ci中心点焦点中心，集中点to be a focus of attention成为注意力的中心"Because of his strange clothes, he immediately became the focus of attention when he entered the office.""他由于服装奇特,一走进办公室便成了大家注意的中心。"in focus焦点对准，清晰out of focus焦点没有对准，模糊focusvt., vi.-s- 或 -ss-使集中于焦点；集中to focus one's mind on work集中精力于工作You must try to focus your mind on work and study. (喻)你应该努力把思想集中在工作的学习上。All eyes were focused on the speaker. (喻)大家的目光都集中在发言人身上。调焦距This photograph looks funny; I think you forgot to focus the camera."这张照片看上去有些滑稽,我想你是忘了给照相机调焦距了。"focus源自拉丁语，原义是火炉。公元1604年开普勒用于数学意义上，叫焦点mustern.召集pass muster通过检阅；符合要求muster(中古英语mousteren<古英语moustrer 展示<拉西语monstrare 召集)pool 2[pu:l]n.集中备用的物资（如钱、 物、工人等）（纸牌戏中所下的）赌注赌注式台球；落袋撞球戏poolvt.集中；合并；共享；分享
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