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a number of people or things that are together in the same place or that are connected in some way 组；群；批；类；簇 - group of somebody/something
a group of people/students/friends 一群人/学生/朋友 A group of us are going to the theatre this evening. 我们一帮人今晚要去剧院看戏。 a group of islands in the Indian ocean 印度洋中的一组岛屿 English is a member of the Germanic group of languages. 英语是日耳曼语族中的一种语言。 - in groups
People were standing around in small groups. 人们三五成群地站在一起。 - as a group
The gorillas go foraging for food as a group. 大猩猩集体觅食。 The proportion of single-parent families varies between different income groups. 单亲家庭比例在不同收入群体中各不相同。 Members of some ethnic groups say that the law is discriminatory. 一些族群的成员认为该法律存在歧视。 Disabled drivers are an ever-growing minority group. 残疾司机这个少数群体在不断扩大。
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societya1Minority groups are entitled to equal protection under the law. 少数群体有权受到法律的同等保护。 She has a very wide group of friends. 她交游甚广。 The animals live in family groups of 10–20 individuals. 这种动物生活在由 10 至 20 个个体组成的家族群中。 The president met with a select group of senior ministers. 总统会晤了一批选定的高级部长。 Within a group, each individual had a definite status. 团体内的每个成员都有明确的身分。 a group of young mothers 一群年轻的母亲 A large group of people had collected outside the building. 一大群人聚集在大楼外面。 On the hillside was a little group of houses. 山坡上有一小片房子。 Students were sitting around in groups on the grass. 学生成群地围坐在草地上。
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a number of people who work or do something together or share particular beliefs 组；群；批；类；簇 The residents formed a community action group. 居民组成了社区行动组。 I've joined a writing group. 我加入了一个写作小组。 a research/study/discussion group 研究/学习/讨论组 a human rights group 人权团体 a militant/rebel/terrorist group 激进/反叛/恐怖组织 Other members of the group agree. 小组的其他成员同意这一点。 - group of somebody
She leads a group of scientists at the Medical Research Centre. 她领导着医学研究中心的一组科学家。 - in a group
There are fifteen of us in the group. 我们这个小组有 15 人。 to work in groups 分组工作 - into groups
The students were divided into groups of four. 学生们被分成四组。 Classes will involve both individual and group activities. 课堂上会有个人和小组活动。 Only group members are allowed to vote. 只有小组成员可以投票。
Extra ExamplesShe asked her students to get into groups of four. 她让学生每四人分为一小组。 The strangers who came together for the course soon became a cohesive group. 参加这项课程的人互不相识，但很快就形成了一个具有凝聚力的集体。 We divided the class into small groups. 我们把全班分成若干个小组。 a discussion group that meets once a month 每月会面一次的讨论小组 I divided the class into groups of four. 我把班级分成四个小组。 It costs $20 to join the group. 加入这个团体需要20美元。 She goes to a drama group every Saturday. 她每个星期六都去戏剧组。 She worked with groups of college students who had literacy problems. 她的工作与几组有读写障碍的大学生有关。 The college has a small but active women's group. 那所学院有一个规模不大却很活跃的妇女团体。 They formed a small group that was later to grow into a major protest movement. 他们成立了一个小团体，后来发展成为一场大规模的抗议运动。 We have set up a self-help group for victims of crime. 我们为犯罪受害者成立了一个自助小组。 The move was condemned by human rights groups. 这一举动遭到了人权组织的谴责。 Environmental groups were delighted with the tone of the report. 环保团体对报告的语气很满意。
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business 商业 a number of companies that are owned by the same person or organization 集团 This acquisition will make them the largest newspaper group in the world. 这次收购将使他们成为世界上最大的报业集团。 The Burton group announced its quarterly figures yesterday. 伯顿集团昨天宣布了季度数据。 Our group sales director attended the conference in Munich this year. 我们的集团销售总监参加了今年在慕尼黑召开的会议。
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a number of musicians who perform together, especially to play pop music （尤指流行音乐的）演奏组，乐团，乐队 Extra ExamplesTopics Musica1The group formed back in 1992. 该团体成立于 1992 年。 The group has split up and re-formed several times with different musicians. 这个乐队已经分裂重组了好几次，每次的成员都不同。 He left the group last year to pursue a solo career. 去年他离开那个音乐组合单飞了。
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Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, of Germanic origin; related to crop.