assembly /əˈsɛmblɪ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT An assembly is a large group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or country. 议会

  例：

  ...the campaign for the first free election to the National Assembly.

  …为首次自由选举入国民议会而进行的运动。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT An assembly is a group of people gathered together for a particular purpose. 集会者

  例：

  He waited until complete quiet settled on the assembly.

  他等到集会者完全安静下来。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT When you refer to rights of assembly or restrictions on assembly, you are referring to the legal right that people have to gather together. 集会 [正式]

  例：

  The U.S. Constitution guarantees free speech, freedom of assembly and equal protection.

  美国宪法保证自由言论、集会自由和平等保护权。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT The assembly of a machine, device, or object is the process of fitting its different parts together. 组装

  例：

  For the rest of the day, he worked on the assembly of an explosive device.

  在那天余下的时间里，他在进行一个爆炸装置的组装。

• 5. 

  N-VAR In a school, an assembly is a gathering of all the teachers and students for a particular purpose. (学校师生的) 大会

  例：

  Recently named the nation's top girls' basketball player, she will be honoured this morning at a school assembly.

  最近被命名为全国顶级女子篮球运动员的她将于今天上午在学校大会上被表彰。