The comments followed an overwhelming vote in the U.N.General Assembly on a non-binding resolution condemning the 47-year-old U.S.trade embargo against Cuba and urging Washington to lift the restrictions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The only people who could speak in the council or in an assembly were the noblemen, the basileis.

唯一可以在议会或者集会发言的人,只有贵族和部落酋长

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

There was the International Students Assembly. There was an EY cricket group.

有国际留学生会，EY板球小组。

在学校的经验 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Addressing the assembly, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez called the embargo an "act of arrogance" and said it has cost the Cuban economy tens-of-billions of dollars over the years and deprived children of needed medical care.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

This will be very important because Christians started out as house churches, and their house churches fit sometimes the model of a Greek ekklesia, an assembly, but sometimes the model of the Roman household.

说它重要是因为,基督教一开始时是家庭教会的形式，这种家庭教会有时符合希腊集会的模型，一种集会，但有时符合罗马家户的模型。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

With the sound of trumpets echoing throughout the neo-gothic parliament building in Budapest, an honor guard carrying flags walked slowly into the assembly where Victor Orban was to be sworn in as prime minister of Hungary.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

Eventually in 1905, Nicholas II will be forced to grant a Duma, an assembly to Russia.

905年,尼古拉斯二世最终被迫承认杜马,即俄国议会

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

While at U.N.headquarters, Queen Elizabeth met with U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who,in his welcoming remarks in the General Assembly told the queen she is "an anchor for our age" and a "living symbol of grace, constancy and dignity."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

General Motors says it will lay off nearly 50,000 employees this year and that it plans to close five assembly plants, eliminate thousands of dealerships and reduce the number of its brands from eight to four - all in an effort to stay afloat.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30