assemble
英 [ə'semb(ə)l]
美 [ə'sɛmbl]
- vt. 集合，聚集；装配；收集
- vi. 集合，聚集
assemble 助记提示
1、关于为什么会有引申义：gather, together 的解读，咱们汉语里有“物以类聚，人以群分”之说，英语亦是如此。语言就是这样，对事物、现象的解读、看法都具有相近、相通性，只是使用了不同的语言去表达。
2、因此，这里的“gather, together”更多的强调的是相同、相似、同类事物的聚合。
3、as- "to" + sembl- "gather, together; 解读：物以类聚" + -e.
assemble 中文词源
assemble 集合前缀as- 同ad-. 词根sem, 一，同same.
assemble 英文词源
- assemble
- assemble: see similar
- assemble (v.)
- early 14c., transitive and intransitive, from Old French assembler "come together, join, unite; gather" (11c.), from Latin assimulare "to make like, liken, compare; copy, imitate; feign, pretend," later "to gather together," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + simulare "to make like" (see simulation). In Middle English and in Old French it also was a euphemism for "to couple sexually." Meaning "to put parts together" in manufacturing is from 1852. Related: Assembled; assembling. Assemble together is redundant.
assemble 双语例句
1. Greenpeace managed to assemble enough boats to waylay the ship at sea. 绿色和平组织设法聚集起足够数量的小船在海上拦截该船。 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. There wasn't even a convenient place for students to assemble between classes.
- 在课间，学生们连一个方便凑在一起的地方都没有。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. In the evening, the people assemble in the mosques.
- 晚上，人们聚集到清真寺里。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. All the students were asked to assemble in the main hall.
- 全体学生获通知到大礼堂集合。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. Assemble your papers and put them in the file.
- 把你的文件归拢放在这个文件夹内.
来自《简明英汉词典》