When these students encounter a new problem of the same type on a test, they're able to transfer the knowledge they've gathered more effectively than those who were the passive recipients of someone else's expertise.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
City employees, citizens and reporters gathered in the hall to hear her describe the plan.
出自-2012年12月聽力原文
According to data gathered by Harvard Law School professor Lani Guinier, the most selective schools are more likely to choose blacks who have at least one immigrant parent from Africa or the Caribbean than black students who are descendants of American slaves.
出自-2011年6月閱讀原文
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V-ERG
（使）聚集；（使）集合
If people gather somewhere or if someone gathers people somewhere, they come together in a group.
例句
In the evenings, we gathered around the fireplace and talked...
晚上，我們聚在火爐邊聊天。
The man signalled for me to gather the children together.
那人示意讓我將孩子們召集起來。
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VERB
收集；收攏；歸攏
If you gather things, you collect them together so that you can use them.
例句
I suggest we gather enough firewood to last the night...
我建議大家撿足夠多的木柴來撐過這一晚。
She stood up and started gathering her things together.
她起身開始收拾自己的物品。
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VERB
（尤指經過一段時間的辛苦工作）收集，搜集（情報、證據等）
If you gather information or evidence, you collect it, especially over a period of time and after a lot of hard work.
例句
...a private detective using a hidden tape recorder to gather information...
用暗藏的錄音機搜集證據的私家偵探
This would help the prosecutor gather evidence against him which could be used in court.
這將有利于控方律師搜集對他不利的證據以在法庭上指控他。
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VERB
逐漸增加（速度、動力、力量等）
If something gathers speed, momentum, or force, it gradually becomes faster or more powerful.
例句
Demands for his dismissal have gathered momentum in recent weeks...
最近幾周，要求將他解職的呼聲越來越高。
The raft gathered speed as the current dragged it toward the falls.
水流將木筏拽向瀑布，木筏的速度越來越快。
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VERB
集中（精力、思想等）；鼓起（勇氣）；振作（精神）
When you gather something such as your strength, courage, or thoughts, you make an effort to prepare yourself to do something.
例句
You must gather your strength for the journey.
你必須為這次行程打起精神來。
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VERB
（用于引出已發現的信息，尤其是間接獲得的信息）據我所知，據我了解
You use gather in expressions such as 'I gather' and 'as far as I can gather' to introduce information that you have found out, especially when you have found it out in an indirect way.
例句
I gather his report is highly critical of the trial judge...
據我所知，他在報道中毫不留情地批評了初審法官。
'He speaks English,' she said to Graham. 'I gathered that.'...
“他會說英語，”她對格雷厄姆說，“我料到了?！?/i>
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VERB
給…打褶
If you gather fabric or cloth, you make a row of very small folds in it by sewing a thread through it and then pulling the thread tight.
例句
Gather the skirt at the waist.
在裙子的腰部打褶。