collect
单词辨析：
普通用词，可指人和物，侧重于围绕某个中心而聚集。
The boys and girls gathered for a picnic.
男生和女生集合起来去野餐。
Leaves gathered in heaps.
树叶集成了堆。
A crowd gathered at the scene of the accident.
出事地点聚集了一群人。
常指为某种目的聚集在一起。
A large crowd assembled in front of the office building.
一大群人聚集在办公大楼前面。
She has assembled a collection of her favourite albums.
她收集了一些自己最喜欢的专辑。
指人在某一处集中或逐渐地聚集成群。
A crowd was starting to collect around the spot of the accident.
人群开始聚集在事故现场。
More and more people began to collect in front of the embassy.
越来越多的人开始聚集在大使馆前面。
指聚集起来或召集有关人员举行正式会议。
The teaching group convenes every week.
教学小组每周开会一次。
The president convened (a meeting of) his ministers to discuss the matter.
总统召集部长（开会）讨论这个问题。
相关例句：
I collect shells and interesting seaside items.
我收集贝壳和海边有趣的小玩意儿。
Like a telescope it has a curved mirror to collect the sunlight.
和望远镜一样，它有一个曲面镜可以积聚阳光。
Elizabeth had been collecting snails for a school project
伊丽莎白一直在为完成学校的一份课题作业收集蜗牛。
They collect blood samples for analysis at a national laboratory
他们采集血样供一个国家实验室进行分析。
In spring they could collect whole baskets of wild duck eggs.
春天里他们可以捡到整篮整篮的野鸭蛋。
After collecting the cash, the kidnapper made his escape down the disused railway line.
拿到现金后，绑架者沿着废弃的铁道逃走了。