a coiiect caH 抒对.方付费电话一see also reverse
v.(7) ►
col lect adv. ： to sb coilect给某人打由受话人付费
的电话
collect-able (also col-lect-ible) /ka'lektabl/ adj.
worth collecting because it is beautiful or may become valu- able值得收藏（或收集、采集）的►coWectable (also col-lect-ible) not//? [usually pi.]
col-lect-ed /ka'lektid/ adj.
1 [not before noun] very
calm and in .coiitrol of yourself 邊静；...冷静；S然：She aZwiiys stays coo!,
cafm and coHected a crisis.她在危
急，关头总A很冷_镇定，处之泰然。2〜works, papers， poems, etc. all the books, etc. written by one author,
published in one book or in a set 收.成♦集的.
C〇l-leCti〇t1 /ke'lekXn/ noun
►
GROUP OF OBJECTS/PEOPLE :批物晶; 群 X
1
[C] a
group of objects, often of
the same sort, that have been collected (常指同类的）收集物，收_品：a stamp/ coin, etc.
cipillection If Re painting
comes户'〇m his private coHection.这幅画来自他的私人
收藏。2 [C] a group of objects or
people -批物晶；
一群人':There was a collection of
books and shoes on thejfloor•地版上有成堆的书和鞋。◊ There is
aZways a strange collection of runners in the
►
TAKING AWAy/BRINGING TOGETHER 敢走；聚集
3 [C, U] an act of taking sth away from a
place; an act of bringing things together into one place 取去；拿走；聚集; 聚积：re力xse/garbage coHection废金J /.垃圾的收运◊ The Zast
coHection 力*om this postbox is at
5.25.这細筒最
后一次收信的时间是 5:15。◊ Ybur suit wiH be ready /or
coHection on [Tuesday..你治西服可在星期二领取。◊ TTie /irst stage in
research is data coHecrion.研究it作的第一 步是收集资料。一 compare pickup /?.(4)
►
POEMS/STORIES/MUSIC 铸歌；黎事:荇乐 4 [C] a group of poems, stories or pieces of
music published together as one book, or disc 作品.集：a collection of
stories by women writers女作家小说集
►
MONEY 金钱.5.[€] an act of
collecting money to help a charity or during a church service; the money
collected
(:为慈善机构或做礼拜时的）募捐，募集；募集的钱：a .house-to-Ziause
coZZection/or Cancer Research 为.资助癌
症研究挨门逐户进行的募捐◊ rhe totaf
coHection tot week amounted to £250. 的募捐总额达 250.英镑。
►
NEW CLOTHES 新衣服 6 [C] a range of new
clothes or
SYNONYMS同义词辨析
collect
gather ♦ accumulate ♦
run sth up * amass
These
words all mean to get more of sth over a period of time, or to increase in
quantity over a period of time.
'上各词均含收集、聚积、积累之义。
collect
to
bring things or information together from different people or places; to
gradually increase in amount in a place也收集、釆集、聚积、积累：We've been collecting data from various sources.我f]—，食从备 种渠道收集资料。◊ hodro//ecfet/ //7 fhe 汰eroom.房间的角落里积满了灰尘。EEDlPeople sometimes collect
things of a particular type as a hobby.作为爱好收藏物品用collect: to co//ecf
stomps 集邮
gather to bring things
together that have been spread around; to collect information from different
sources
指收拢、归拢（分散的东西h搜集、收集（情报）：
/ Mw’fec/ wp姑papm.他整理文件时
.我就在一旁等待。◊ Detectives have
spent months gofher/ng ev/Wence•侦探花了数月时问搜集证据。
COLLECT
OR GATHER?用 collect 还是 gather?
Both
collect and gather can be used in the same way to talk about bringing together
data, information or evidence. When talking about things, gather is used with
words like things,
befongings or papers when the things are
spread around within a short distance,
Collect
is used for getting examples of sth from different people or places that are
physically separated. * collect
| 3i?9 collective
unconscious
items for the home that are
designed, made and offered for sale, often for a particular season (..常;为-季
节性推出的）系列时装（或家用品）：Armani’sstum^ng new autumn coHection款式新颖靓丽的阿玛尼秋装系列
col-lect-ive
/ka'lektiv/
adj., noun
uadj. [usually
before
noun] 1 done or shared by all
members of a group of people; involving a whole group or society集体的；奐着的；，共同的：coHective leadership/decision-making/responsibility ^ ^ /
决乘;；::共同责砝_ ◊
coHecti've memory (= things that a group of people or a community know or
remember, that are oAen passed from parents, to children)集体记忆
2
used to refer to all members of a group 全妹威员的； 总体的：T?ie coHective name/or most，boom cmci saik On a
boat is the Vfg’.船的桅杆、帆桁和帆总称为“索具”。
►
coMect-ive*ly adv. ： the
coWectfvdy agreed rate 共同'商
定’的;费率We have had a success_/W
yedr，both coHecriveZy and
individuaHy•我们这一年干得不错，.'无论
是整体还是个火都取得了成功。◊ rain, snow and haiZ, collectively known as tprecipitation, (= as a group)
为“降水”的雨、舊和冰雹
■
nown
a group of people who own a business or a farm and run it together;.the
business that they run 企业■集
■团；合作,农场；:集体企业：an independent
coHective making力ms知• tetevision为电视制作影片的独立集〗体 :企业：‘
col.lective
'bargaining noun [u] discussions between a trade/labor union and an employer
about the pay and working conditions of the union members (:番换
双方就+资和工作条件进行的）集体谈判
col.lective
'farm noun a large farm, or a group
of farms, owned by the government and run by a group of people集体汝场
col.lective ’noun (gram/m?r 语法）a singular noun，such as o?m/77/•賊 or
加/r?，that refers to a group
of people, animals or things and, in British English, can be used with either a
singular or a plural verb. In American English it must be used with a singular
verb. 集合名词（如committee或team,在英国英语中既可用单
数也可用复数动词；在羡4国英语中必须用单数动询）
col.lective
un1 conscious noun [sing.] (psychology ^il') the part of the
unconscious mind that is thought to be
和gather均可指收集资料、：情报或证据。将分散在附近
的东西、财物或文件收拢用gather;从不同的人或分散
的地方收集样品用collect。
accumulate
(rather/ormfl/)
to gradually get more and more of sth over a period of time; to gradually
increase in number or quantity over a period, of time 禪|只累、
聚积，（数量）逐渐；^加：/ seew to 心ve fl /of 〇//?〇〇/»•我好像已经积存了很多书。◊ Defets fo flccwww/ote.债务开始增加。
run sth up [rather informal) to allow a bill, debt
or loss to reach a large total指积欠（账款v债务）、累积（损 翁：She.
had run up a huge phone bill.她.己.经其篇:了 一大笔电话费。m*17i Run up is nearly
always used with fc/’"，c/咖 or
/oss. * run up 乎总是bill、debt 或. loss等词连用。
amass (rather
formal) to collect sth in large
quantities, especially money, debts or information
积聚（尤指金钱、债务或情报）：He awflssefif fliorfwne /rom s/7ver m/n/ng.他靠开采银矿积累了一笔财富。
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
►
to collect/gather/accumulate/amass data/evidence/ information
鼸 to.
accumulate/run up/amass. debts
►
to accumulate/run up losses
►
to accumulate/amass a fortune
b Dirt/dust/debris collects/gathers/acGumulates.
*to
gradually/slowly
colfect/gather/accumulate/amass
sth