中国春节团圆饭的传统与家庭意义

及物动词收集; 采集; 聚集，搜集; 收紧，收缩

不及物动词逐渐增加，积聚

名词聚集; 衣褶

1. （使）聚集；（使）集合
If people gather somewhere or if someone gathers people somewhere, they come together in a group.

e.g. In the evenings, we gathered around the fireplace and talked...
晚上，我们聚在火炉边聊天。
e.g. The man signalled for me to gather the children together.
那人示意让我将孩子们召集起来。

2. 收集；收拢；归拢
If you gather things, you collect them together so that you can use them.

e.g. I suggest we gather enough firewood to last the night...
我建议大家捡足够多的木柴来撑过这一晚。
e.g. She stood up and started gathering her things together.
她起身开始收拾自己的物品。

3. （尤指经过一段时间的辛苦工作）收集，搜集（情报、证据等）
If you gather information or evidence, you collect it, especially over a period of time and after a lot of hard work.

e.g. ...a private detective using a hidden tape recorder to gather information...
用暗藏的录音机搜集证据的私家侦探
e.g. This would help the prosecutor gather evidence against him which could be used in court.
这将有利于控方律师搜集对他不利的证据以在法庭上指控他。

4. 逐渐增加（速度、动力、力量等）
If something gathers speed, momentum, or force, it gradually becomes faster or more powerful.

e.g. Demands for his dismissal have gathered momentum in recent weeks...
最近几周，要求将他解职的呼声越来越高。
e.g. The raft gathered speed as the current dragged it toward the falls.
水流将木筏拽向瀑布，木筏的速度越来越快。

5. 集中（精力、思想等）；鼓起（勇气）；振作（精神）
When you gather something such as your strength, courage, or thoughts, you make an effort to prepare yourself to do something.

e.g. You must gather your strength for the journey.
你必须为这次行程打起精神来。

6. （用于引出已发现的信息，尤其是间接获得的信息）据我所知，据我了解
You use gather in expressions such as 'I gather' and 'as far as I can gather' to introduce information that you have found out, especially when you have found it out in an indirect way.

e.g. I gather his report is highly critical of the trial judge...
据我所知，他在报道中毫不留情地批评了初审法官。
e.g. 'He speaks English,' she said to Graham. 'I gathered that.'...
“他会说英语，”她对格雷厄姆说，“我料到了。”

7. 给…打褶
If you gather fabric or cloth, you make a row of very small folds in it by sewing a thread through it and then pulling the thread tight.

e.g. Gather the skirt at the waist.
在裙子的腰部打褶。

8. to gather dust - see dust

相关词组：gather up

名词传统; 惯例; [宗]经外传说; [法]移交，引渡

1. 传统;传说
A tradition is a custom or belief that has existed for a long time.

e.g. ...the rich traditions of Afro-Cuban music, and dance...
非裔古巴人丰富的音乐、舞蹈传统
e.g. Mary has carried on the family tradition of giving away plants...
玛丽承袭了向别人赠送植物的家族传统。

2. 承袭…风格的;具有…特点的
If you say that something or someone is in the tradition of a person or thing from the past, you mean that they have many features that remind you of that person or thing.

e.g. They're marvellous pictures in the tradition of Gainsborough.
这些是具有庚斯博罗风格的绝妙画作。
e.g. …a Catholic novelist in the tradition of Graham Greene.
与格雷厄姆·格林一脉相承的天主教小说家

名词重聚，（亲友等的）聚会; 再结合，再合并; 再统一

1. （家庭、学校及其他团体成员的）团聚，重聚，聚会
A reunion is a party attended by members of the same family, school, or other group who have not seen each other for a long time.

e.g. The Association holds an annual reunion...
这个协会每年聚会一次。
e.g. The whole family was there for this big family reunion.
全家人都来参加了这次盛大的家庭聚会。

2. 重聚;重逢;团圆
A reunion is a meeting between people who have been separated for some time.

e.g. The children weren't allowed to see her for nearly a week. It was a very emotional reunion.
孩子们将近一周都没能见到她。这是一次令人激动的团聚。

名词庆祝; 庆祝会（仪式）; 颂扬

1. 庆祝活动;庆典
A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary.

e.g. I can tell you, there was a celebration in our house that night.
告诉你，那天晚上我家开了个庆祝会。
e.g. ...his eightieth birthday celebrations.
他80大寿的庆祝活动

2. 赞扬;赞美;颂扬
The celebration of something is praise and appreciation which is given to it.

e.g. This was not a memorial service but a celebration of his life...
这不是在开追悼会，而是在颂扬他的一生。
e.g. He sees the poem as a celebration of human love.
他认为，这首诗是对人世间爱的赞美。