assembly

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as·sem·bly /əˈsembli/ AWL noun (plural assemblies)

1 [countableC]PGP a group of people who are elected to make decisions or laws for a particular country, area, or organization 議會；立法機構

the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

蘇格蘭長老會大會

the speaker of the California state assembly

加利福尼亞州議會議長

2 [countableC, uncountableU]GROUP OF PEOPLE the meeting together of a group of people for a particular purpose 集會

assembly of

an assembly of reporters

一次記者集會

Police have imposed conditions on public assemblies.

警方給公共集會設置了條件。

Restrictions on freedom of assembly have gradually been relaxed.

對集會自由的限制漸漸放寬了。

an assembly point (=a place where people go in a particular situation)

集合地點

3. [countableC, uncountableU]SES a regular meeting of all the teachers and students of a school 〔學校的〕集會

4 [uncountableU]MAKE the process of putting the parts of something together 組裝，裝配

instructions for assembly

裝配說明（書）

Examples from the Corpus

assembly• The first assembly flight for the station had been scheduled for November.• Kathy was there, and Tony Carbo, and a happy-looking assembly of dignitaries in pin-stripes and starched blue shirts.• The original intention was to hive off assembly operations to sub-contractors.• This provided for the election by all landowners over the age of twenty-five of representatives to local and provincial assemblies.• For instance, I've heard of representative assemblies of large co-operatives choosing their own director.• Jeffries is running for state Assembly in the 22nd District.• There were often small variations in the assembly and fabrication of otherwise similar pieces.• Some toy stores help with assembly.

assembly point• All 50 assembly points were reportedly experiencing acute food shortages.• But most of the 49 designated assembly points exist only on maps.• Workers rushed to their designated assembly points.• Paths were worn between one friendly community and another, between markets and recognized assembly points.• Timings are arranged to allow most people to reach the assembly point from home that day by car or public transport.• They were straightened, then cut to length on a saw, drilled, and placed adjacent to their assembly points.

From Longman Business Dictionary

assemblyas·sem·bly /əˈsembli/ noun (plural assemblies)

1[uncountableU]MANUFACTURING the process of putting the parts of products together

Routine assembly of colour televisions eventually shifted to Taiwan.

a car assembly plant

2[countableC]LAW a group of people who are elected to make laws or decisions for a particular country or area

plans for a regional assembly in the North-East

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