昂立外語【新概念培訓】分享gather,gather這個名字在新概念的學習中一定不陌生,可是這個詞還有著你完全想不到的意思,你知道嗎?
今天跟各位分享gather這個詞,下面大家就跟著老師一起來回憶一下我們新概念課文中出現的gather吧!
新二 Lesson 9 A cold welcome — It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. (聚集)
新二 Lesson 76 April Fool’s Day — The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains. (收莊稼)
The Speckled Band
' Do you know, Watson, ' said Holmes, as we sat together in the gathering darkness, 'I have really some scruples as to taking you tonight. There is a distinct element of danger. '
gather在這里作何解釋呢?不用著急,我們先來研究下gather的用法!
gather的一些用法:
作動詞:
1.聚集
Clouds gather before a thunderstorm.
在風暴來臨之前云層聚集。
2.集合
We'll gather at the school gate at eight tomorrow.
我們明天八點在校門口集合。
3.收集
He took the trouble to gather the materials for me.
他不辭辛勞地為我收集資料。
4.猜測
I gather you are leaving tomorrow.
我猜想你明天要走。
作名詞:
1. 聚集;褶子
· 詞義辨析:
collect
e.g. collect postcards 收集明信片
gather 是收集的最普通用語
e.g. Bees gather honey. 蜜蜂采蜜。
The teacher went round the class to gather the papers. 老師在教室里走了一圈收試卷。
The patient is gathering strength.
病人的體力漸漸復原了。
我們再回到in the gathering darkness這個詞組,同學們是不是已經有了一些想法
當然,翻譯有很多種版本,分享下面
在漸濃的夜色/暮色中
在夜幕降臨時
瘋狂擴展
猜猜下列詞組的意思:
1. gather an army
2. gather courage
3. gather energy
4. gather facts
5. gather breath
6. gather experience
7. gather speed
8. gather the harvest
9. gather wealth
揭曉答案:
1. 招集一支軍隊
2. 鼓起勇氣
3. 鼓起勁頭
4. 搜集事實
5. 喘過氣來
6. 積累經驗
7. 逐漸增加速度
8. 收割莊稼
9. 聚集財富
補充:
be gathered to one's fathers 是“死”的委婉語,常用完成時態。
e.g. We must not be too sad that our much-loved king has been gathered to his fathers. 我們不要因為深受愛戴的國王去世而太悲傷了。
溫馨提示:相信大家是不是對gather這個詞有了更全面深入的了解了呢?想知道更多“你不知道的新概念”么?請點擊【新概念英語詞匯】!






















