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col·lect1 /kəˈlekt/ ●●● S1 W2 verb
1  BRING TOGETHERbring together 集合到一起 [transitiveT]COLLECT to get things of the same type from different places and bring them together 收集，采集；使集中 → collection, collector
After 25 years of collecting recipes, she has compiled them into a cookbook.
她搜集了25年食譜，把它們編成一本烹飪書。
The company collects information about consumer trends.
這家公司搜集有關消費者趨向的信息。
We’ve been out collecting signatures for our petition.
我們出去爲我們的請願征集簽名。
2  keep objects 保存物品KEEP OBJECTS [transitiveT]COLLECT to get and keep objects of the same type, because you think they are attractive or interesting 收藏 → collection, collector
Arlene collects teddy bears.
阿琳收藏玩具熊。
3  rent/debts/taxes 租金/債務/稅MONEY [transitiveT] to get money that you are owed 收，收取 → collector
collect tax/rent/a debt
The landlady came around once a month to collect the rent.
女房東每月過來一次收房租。
4  money to help people 捐款 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to ask people to give you money or goods for an organization that helps people 募捐，募集
collect for
I’m collecting for Children in Need.
我在爲“困苦兒童”組織募捐。
5  increase in amount 增加數量INCREASE IN AMOUNT [intransitiveI, transitiveT] if something collects in a place, or you collect it there, it gradually increases in amount 聚集，積聚
Rain collected in pools on the road.
路上積了一攤攤的雨水。
solar panels for collecting energy from the sun
采集太陽熱能的太陽能電池板
I didn’t know what to do with it, so it just sat there collecting dust.
我不知道該拿它怎麽辦，於是任由它擱在那裏積灰。
6  win STH 赢取某物 [transitiveT] to receive something because you have won a race, game etc 赢得，獲得
Redgrave collected his fifth Olympic gold medal in Sydney.
雷德格雷夫在悉尼赢得了他的第五枚奧運會金牌。
7  collect yourself/collect your thoughts CALMto make an effort to remain calm and think clearly and carefully about something 使自己鎮靜/集中思想
I got there early so I had a few minutes to collect my thoughts before the meeting began.
我提前到達，這樣在會議開始之前我有幾分鐘的時間可以整理一下自己的思緒。
8  take SB/STH from a place 從某處帶走某人/某物TAKE somebody/something FROM A PLACETAKE/BRING [transitiveT] especially British EnglishBrE to come to a particular place in order to take someone or something away 接走；領取 SYN American English pick up
Martin’s gone to collect the children from school.
馬丁去接孩子們放學了。
I’ve got to go and collect the book I ordered from the library.
我得去圖書館取我訂的書了。
9  crowd 人群CROWD [intransitiveI]MEET formal to come together gradually to form a group of people 聚集，聚攏 SYN gather
A crowd was beginning to collect around the scene of the accident.
人群開始在事故現場聚集起來。
10 collect something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE to pick up several things, and put them together 〔把東西〕收拾好，收起來 SYN gather up
Can you collect up all the dirty plates and cups?
你把所有髒盤子和杯子收拾一下好嗎？
Examples from the Corpus
collect up• And I also learned there is more to shell collecting than picking up a few for the condo coffee table.• Now she collects and builds up her stores all year round.
 THESAURUS
collect to get things of the same type from different places and bring them together 收集，采集
She collects stamps (=as a hobby).
她集郵。
They have collected 650 signatures for their petition.
他們爲請願征集了650個簽名。
gather to collect information from different places, or to collect crops, flowers, wood etc, especially from the ground 搜集〔信息〕；收割〔莊稼〕；采集〔花、木材等〕
Computers make it easier to gather information.
電腦使搜集信息變得容易了。
The men gathered firewood.
男人打柴。
assemble formal to collect something such as information in an organized way 〔有系統地〕收集〔信息〕
When all the evidence is assembled, we will write our report.
待證據收集齊全，我們就寫報告。
build up to gradually collect more things of the same type over time 〔逐漸〕收集
He has built up one of the country’s finest collections of art.
他收集了一些藝術品，是國内最好的藏品之一。
accumulate to gradually get more and more of something such as money, possessions, or knowledge, over time. Accumulate is more formal than build up 積累〔財富或知識；accumulate比build up正式〕
He is driven by the desire to accumulate wealth.
他被積累財富的欲望驅使着。
amass to collect a large amount of something such as money, information, or knowledge, over time 〔在一段時間内〕積累，積聚〔錢財、信息或知識〕
Carnegie amassed a fortune in the steel industry.
卡内基在鋼鐵工業積累了一筆巨大的財富。
run up a bill/debt/loss informal to allow a debt to increase quickly, especially by spending too much 積欠賬單/拖欠債務/累計虧損
He ran up huge gambling debts.
他欠下了巨額賭債。
Examples from the Corpus
collect• Organizers have already collected 650 signatures.• Rain collecting at the tip of the rock has formed huge icicles.• Profit fell because the company was unable to collect claims against the oil buffer fund.• Historians are skilled in collecting facts and interpreting them.• I've got a parcel to collect from the post office.• Her father sent a taxi to collect her from the hotel.• You collect interest of 1.13% a month when you're in credit.• Anyone who collects jazz records should buy this book. It's full of information on old recordings.• I'm at the station. Can you come and collect me?• I've come to collect Mr. Weinstein's order.• I joked that I had to go and collect my $ 40,000 appearance money.• That would have allowed them to collect nearly $ 2 in federal funds for each local dollar.• I had duly collected Nigel's ashes.• If condensation collects on the inside of the window, wipe it off with a clean cloth.• Rent is collected once a month.• An hour or so before the press conference, a crowd begin to collect outside the building.• A crowd was starting to collect outside the theatre to await the arrival of the prime minister.• Nigel's hobby is collecting rare books.• After 25 years of collecting recipes, Barber has compiled them into a cookbook.• I've been collecting samples of the different types of rock which occur in this area.• He's been collecting signatures of voters to get the measure on the ballot.• They collected the garbage like their jobs depended on it, cheaper and better.• The building uses solar panels for collecting the sun's heat.• They feed by collecting tiny particles from the water.• As the tide came in, water collected to form small pools among the rocks.• People who are collecting welfare checks usually really need them.• The next day, the parents took the children into the woods to collect wood; each got one piece of bread.• If the last bus has left, I'll collect you.
collecting dust• Now I occupy space in your lounge collecting dust.• When Mungo got down, he could see that more books were collecting dust under the bed.
collect2 adverbadv
1.call/phone somebody collect American EnglishAmETCT if you telephone someone collect, the person who receives the call pays for it 打受話人付費電話 → collect call SYN British English reverse the charges
Examples from the Corpus
collect• I called from Chicago, leaving messages once, twice and even asked people to call me back collect.• He has no money but knows how to call home collect, according to police.
Related topics: Christianity
col·lect3 /ˈkɒlɪkt, -lekt $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [countableC]
1.RRCa short prayer in some Christian services 〔某些基督教儀式中的〕短禱文
From Longman Business Dictionary
collectcol·lect1 /kəˈlekt/ verb [transitiveT]
1BANKING collect cheques to arrange for cheques to be paid
The district banks provide a variety of services for commercial banks, including collecting and clearing cheques.
2COMMERCETAX collect debts/taxes to obtain payment of debts or taxes
The company wasn’t aggressive about collecting debts.
Russia’s public finances must be brought into order by collecting more taxes and cutting spending.
collectcollect2 adverbadv
call/phone somebody collect American EnglishAmE when you telephone someone collect, the person receiving the call pays for it
Calling the US is very expensive from here - better to call collect.
Origin collect1
(1500-1600) Latin past participle of colligere, from com- ( → COM-) + legere “to gather”
 collect3
(1200-1300) Old French collecte, from Medieval Latin collecta “(prayer for) a gathering”, from Latin colligere; → COLLECT1
col·lect1 verb →THESAURUS1collect2 adverbadvcol·lect3 noun
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