- (also Assembly)[countable]
a group of people who have been elected to meet together regularly and make decisions or laws for a particular region or country 立法机构；会议；议会 state/legislative/federal/local assemblies 州众议院；立法会议；联邦／地方议会 Power has been handed over to provincial and regional assemblies. 权力已移交给省和地区议会。 The national assembly has voted to adopt the budget. 国民议会已表决通过预算。 the California Assembly 美国加利福尼亚州众议院 the UN General Assembly 联合国大会 assembly elections 议会选举 an elected assembly 民选议会
Extra ExamplesSome assembly is required. 有些部份需要组装一下。 South Korea voted for its National Assembly this week. 南朝鲜（韩国）本周进行了国民议会的选举。 The announcement was made during morning assembly. 这是在晨会时宣布的。 The assembly voted to delay the legislation to allow further consultation to take place. 议会投票决定暂缓立法以便进一步磋商。 The company has twenty assembly plants in Europe. 这家公司在欧洲拥有 20 家装配工厂。 These issues have been discussed in the local assemblies. 这些问题已经在当地议会里讨论过了。 They demanded the right to hold peaceful assemblies. 他们要求取得和平集会的权利。 This factory deals with final assembly and testing. 这家工厂负责总装和调试。 We hold an assembly every morning. 我们每天都有晨会。 When the fire alarm sounds, leave the building and proceed to your assembly point. 火灾警报一响，请离开大楼，前往你们的集合地点。 furniture designed for home assembly 专为在家里自行组装而设计的家具 workers on the assembly line 装配线上的工人 I'm playing the flute in assembly tomorrow morning. 我明天早晨要在晨会上演奏长笛。 Laws governing freedom of assembly were gradually being relaxed. 有关集会自由的法律正逐渐放宽。 Some assembly of the equipment is required. 需要组装一些设备。 The party has only 3 seats in the 51-seat National Assembly. 该党在国会的51席中仅占3席。 There is a whole school assembly every Friday morning. 每个星期五早晨全校师生都要举行晨会。 Workers rushed to their designated assembly points. 工人们赶到他们指定的集合点。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- elected
- representative
- constitutional
- …
- create
- form
- set up
- …
- meet
- vote
- member
- seat
- building
- …
- in an/the assembly
- a meeting of the assembly
- a session of the assembly
- [uncountable, countable]
the meeting together of a group of people for a particular purpose; a group of people who meet together for a particular purpose 集会；（统称）集会者 They were fighting for freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. 他们为言论自由和集会自由而斗争。 He was to address a public assembly on the issue. 他要对公众集会发表演说谈论这个问题。 an assembly point (= a place where people have been asked to meet) 集会地点
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- peaceful
- unlawful
- …
- hold
- call
- point
- freedom of assembly
- the right of assembly
- [countable, uncountable]
a meeting of the teachers and students in a school, usually at the start of the day, to give information, discuss school events or say prayers together （全校师生的）晨会，朝会 The deputy head was taking (= leading) school assembly that day. 那天副校长正在主持学校集会。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- school
- morning
- have
- hold
- attend
- …
- hall
- at assembly
- during assembly
- in assembly
- …
- [uncountable]
the process of putting together the parts of something such as a vehicle or piece of furniture 装配；组装；总成 Putting the bookcase together should be a simple assembly job. 组装书橱应该是个简单的装配活。 a car assembly plant 汽车装配厂 the correct assembly of the parts 零部件的正确组装
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- easy
- final
- require
- line
- area
- plant
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French asemblee, feminine past participle of asembler, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + simul ‘together’.