Word · Frequency #142
groups
组；群；团体
groups is the plural of group.
A number of people or things that are together or considered together because they are related or share a feature.
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A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
相互关联的一些事物或人。
- 2.
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
视为一个整体的任意数量实体(成员)
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A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
具有结合二元运算的集合,存在单位元,且每个元素都有逆元。
- 4.
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
(化学) 两个或多个原子结合成一个单位并构成分子的一部分
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A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
共同演奏音乐的一群人(通常规模较小)。
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a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
一个封闭、结合、有单位元且每个元素有逆元的集合
- 7.
A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
相互邻近的一小群星系(最多约五十个)。
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A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
化学元素周期表中的族。
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A functional group.
官能团。
- 10.
A subset of a culture or of a society.
文化或社会中的子集。
- 11.
An air force formation.
空军编队。
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A collection of formations or rock strata.
岩石地层或岩层的集合。
- 13.
A number of users with the same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
对文件、计算机及外设拥有相同访问、修改和执行权限的一组用户。
- 14.
An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
意式浓缩咖啡机中热水流入冲煮手柄的部件。
- 15.
A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
符干相连的一组八分音符、十六分音符等；有时泛指由几个短音符构成的装饰音。
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A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
同一分区内相互比赛的一组队伍,同期不与分区内其他组队伍比赛。
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A commercial organization.
商业组织。
- 18.
Group therapy.
团体治疗。
乐队；乐团；组合；群体；社会群体；群；基；基团；官能团
In use
A group of students is waiting for the bus.
The art club is a small group of dedicated painters.
Please divide the class into groups of four.
Connections
Collocations
- age group
- 年龄组
- The study surveyed three different age groups.这项研究调查了三个不同的年龄组。
- ethnic group
- 族群
- The country is home to many different ethnic groups.这个国家有许多不同的族群。
- discussion group
- 讨论小组
- We formed a discussion group to talk about the book.我们组成了一个讨论小组来谈论这本书。
- working group
- 工作组
- A working group was established to address the issue.成立了一个工作组来解决这个问题。
- focus group
- 焦点小组
- The company used a focus group to test the new product.该公司使用焦点小组来测试新产品。
- support group
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一串葡萄（grape）的颗粒聚在一起形成一个 group，注意拼写不同但形状相似。
Context & Register
通常为中性，适用于大多数场合，包括日常交流、工作、学术等。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words soup, loop, troop, stoop, and scoop all rhyme with group (they share the /uːp/ sound). However, coup is a common lookalike that sounds different (/kuː/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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