| 单词 | group |
| 释义 | group (gruːp ) Word forms: groups , grouping , grouped 1. countable noun [with singular or plural verb] A1 A group of people or things is a number of people or things which are together in one place at one time. The trouble involved a small group of football supporters. [+ of] The students work in groups on complex problems. Synonyms: crowd, company, party, band 2. countable noun A1 A group is a set of people who have the same interests or aims, and who organize themselves to work or act together. ...the Minority Rights Group. Members of an environmental group are staging a protest inside a chemical plant. Synonyms: organization, body, association, league 3. countable noun A1 A group is a set of people, organizations, or things which are considered together because they have something in common. She is among the most promising players in her age group. As a group, today's old people are still relatively deprived. 4. countable noun A group is a number of separate commercial or industrial firms which all have the same owner. [business] The group made a pre-tax profit of £1.05 million. ...a French-based insurance group. 5. countable noun A1 A group is a number of musicians who perform together, especially ones who play popular music. At school he played bass in a pop group called The Urge. ...Robbie Williams' backing group. 6. verb 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. The fact sheets are grouped into seven sections. [be VERB-ed preposition] The G-7 organization groups together the world's seven leading industrialized nations. [V prep n ] We want to encourage them to group together to act as a big purchaser. [V prep ] Synonyms: arrange, order, sort, class 7. See also grouping, blood group, ginger group, pressure group Collocations: group activity Stage one would be a month of group activity - perhaps an adventure training mission or a construction project - taking place away from home. Times, Sunday Times So, instead of working on a group activity, he'd go off and do something else and take the tools that other people needed with him. Times, Sunday Times In tier three areas, indoor sport will be restricted to within a single household only, and there should be no group activity. Times,Sunday Times Or challenge your introverted natures with a group activity, such as a cooking class, movie group or book club. Times, Sunday Times I have never grossly overestimated the cost of any youth group activity! Christianity Today It's a fantastic group of individuals - not only as football players but as people. Times, Sunday Times These reunions reveal a group of individuals touchingly searching for a common theme. Times, Sunday Times However, that leaves a large group of individuals who may also pose a risk to national security, but who are not under active investigation. Times, Sunday Times They have also allowed for smoother decision-making than from a group of individuals who came together only in an emergency. Times, Sunday Times Having one simple term helps to bring attention to this group of individuals' needs. Times, Sunday Times Tics are rapid, repetitive, involuntary contractions of a group of muscles that can be mild and infrequent or frequent and severe, as in the case of your daughter's cough. Times, Sunday Times Firstly the group of muscles required to purse the lips run through the upper lip. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For instance, the control of a group of muscles leads to a better pronunciation of a word or performance of a piece of music. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The most common causes are the overuse or over-stretching of a muscle or group of muscles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Muscles are normally arranged in opposition so that as one group of muscles contract, another group relaxes or lengthens. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first group opposes change because it thinks the system works. Times, Sunday Times The group opposes the excesses of communism or capitalism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The group opposes controversial plans to build a car park to the south of the church. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One group opposes his regime and fights to find another cure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The group opposes the growth of government-welfare programs and promotes private sector alternatives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the final day we end with a group session. Christianity Today He has recently taken the advice of a fellow inmate, who suggested something during the group session last week. Times, Sunday Times Prices start from 27 for a one-hour group session and from 37 for a 30-minute private lesson. The Sun But social services told them to attend a free group session instead. The Sun And then he gets the squad together for a group session studying the tapes. The Sun The five two-bedroom thatched family bungalows are grouped together and interconnected. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The problem was that the towers were grouped together so closely that winds were squeezed round them like narrow canyons. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Seeing these large paintings grouped together and displayed as they might have looked in the royal apartment provides another insight into the eclectic royal taste. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) Grandfather, two uncles she'd never seen, their photographs grouped together, flyblown, faded, moustachioed: the dead. THE GOLDEN LION (2004) An influential group of artists also gathered around him there. Times, Sunday Times The influential group gave him its full-throated support, and he has stuck to his word. Times, Sunday Times A small but very influential group paid lip service to the trademark behaviours. Times, Sunday Times Years of political expedience — rewarding this or that influential group with a tax break or preferential treatment — have created a labyrinthine system that penalises job and wealth creation. Times, Sunday Times You can take a place in an influential group - perhaps at the top. The Sun Bringing together a large group of friends isn't easy, but doing an activity holiday gave us all a focus. Times, Sunday Times (2017) A car transporter attracts a large group because it has many places to hang off. Times, Sunday Times (2015) This is the large group of potential adopters who have been rejected. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The guys in the large group were aware something was going to happen because they ran off. The Sun (2011) In a large group of people, ignorance in one direction cancels out ignorance in another. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The lobby group said the finding dispelled the myth that builders are hanging on to land purely to benefit from rising prices. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The lobby group said that three quarters of ingredient prices were rising as a result of weak sterling. Times, Sunday Times (2016) An investigation by the consumer lobby group Which? Times, Sunday Times (2016) However, the militia group added that it would welcome any talks with tribal leaders instead. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For this purpose, these exits were to be defended by an armed militia group and by hunters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But another assessment has concluded that the drop might simply be down to militia groups becoming more creative in covering up their crimes. Times, Sunday Times Neither has proved capable of reining in the militia groups fighting for the two presidential rivals. Times, Sunday Times Militia groups clashing over the area's natural resources and a deep suspicion of outsiders wearing hazmat suits have presented emergency teams with a complex and dangerous challenge. Times, Sunday Times One opposition group said the authorities' reaction had been little better than 'organised incompetence'. Times, Sunday Times Yet he had been influenced by ideas of military duty, and was not a member of an overt opposition group. Times, Sunday Times She said that she had been told by officials that she would not be granted the status of an opposition group because that required a minimum of two people. Times, Sunday Times Three years ago, an opposition group published a report claiming that he had a watch collection worth 465,000 - six times his reported annual salary at the time. Times, Sunday Times One radical youth opposition group, which calls itself 'the masked soldiers', has vowed to return to the streets immediately. Times, Sunday Times First, competition makes each religious group try that much harder to win adherents. Sociology (1995) This continues into adulthood, when we wear the colours of our football team and observe the customs of a religious group. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The margin of error for each religious group is larger than for the sample as a whole. Christianity Today (2000) After all, none of the other beans get to represent the group! Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The user group then arranges these to represent the groups or structures they are familiar with. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since the predictions of quantum mechanics should be invariant under the action of a group, physicists look for unitary transformations to represent the group. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Participants of the feeder ride may also choose to represent their group on the main event by colours, clothing, or other decorations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since market indexes represent a group of stocks, they do not present the whole picture of the trading day and the performance of the market during this day. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And as the train lurched into motion, Johannes, for perhaps the first time in his life, felt at one with his select group of fellow men. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE This year he became part of a select group of victims. Times, Sunday Times (2011) A third, carrying a select group of reporters and cameramen, brought up the rear. Times, Sunday Times (2007) A separate group of three track workers about 100 metres down the line also tried to warn their colleagues. Times,Sunday Times A separate group of volunteers carried out a series of tasks with either the high or low-power playlist in the background. Times, Sunday Times The rebels, a separate group of shareholders, want to appoint four directors and are still hopeful. Times, Sunday Times The scientists spotted no obvious concerning side-effects, even after observing a separate group that continued the practice for six months. Times, Sunday Times The substitutes practised as a separate group. Times,Sunday Times Or, we could drop a traditional service and disenfranchise another significant group. Christianity Today When addressing the party faithful, a leader was addressing a real group, a significant group. Times, Sunday Times I have discovered a significant group of people who are very pleased indeed that he's the prime minister. Times, Sunday Times It has been much modified in 20th century but remains part of significant group at the widest part of this broad street. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has been working prolifically ever since, with twelve solo exhibitions to his name as well as inclusion in many significant group exhibitions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the prison corridor outside his office, two guards and a nursing sister from a nearby convent waited with a small group of townspeople. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He divided his army into small groups and dispatched each group to the head of a different road. Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995) An antenatal course in a small group over one weekend is just the ticket. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Would an arms giant really bother spying on a small group like this? Times, Sunday Times (2014) Retail sales for the first three days of last week were down 50%, one trade group estimated. Times, Sunday Times Seminars on its principles are being taught at trade group meetings. canada.com Both exams are organised by the small business trade group and chamber of commerce and industry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Officials of the union were grouped by region, and could be asked to serve each or any trade group. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also runs a trade group trying to improve ties between the two countries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They demanded an overhaul of the private sector's umbrella group, saying it had lost focus. Times, Sunday Times She says that a declining relationship with its local strategic partnership - an umbrella group of local organisations - led to a loss of funds and forced her group to close. Times, Sunday Times It was a word that was coined by the media and put on this whole umbrella group of people. Times, Sunday Times It formed in 1974 as an umbrella group to represent and provide services for other environment or environment-related groups. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It serves as an umbrella group for the local business community. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I think there's a gap in the market for a big vocal group that dances too. The Sun Interludes in which a vocal group perform folk songs are merely irritating. Times, Sunday Times She took the lead in forming a vocal group while still at school. Times, Sunday Times We weren't really a band of musicians, we were a vocal group with musicians. Times, Sunday Times Both have worked with the vocal group. The Sun Our volunteer group was a great mix of personalities and nationalities, and the staff were incredibly supportive. Times, Sunday Times But now his volunteer group say he must stop solo patrols on safety grounds. Times, Sunday Times I'm shy and the thought of joining a volunteer group fills me with dread. The Sun The volunteer group even includes a 70-year-old couple on holiday in the area. The Sun Last week her story was posted on social media by a volunteer group that helps people to locate their families. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 组 Japanese: グループ |
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