gathering
单词辨析：
指有某种目的的聚会或集会活动。
a large social gathering
大型社交聚会
Nowadays the full moon just represents the gathering of friends and family.
如今，满月只是代表朋友或家人的团聚而已。
If so, would you like to come to the gathering?
如果这样的话，你愿意过来聚一聚吗？
指有较多人参加、有计划的或为某一特殊目的而举行的会议。
People have the rights of assembly and free expression.
人们有集会和自由发表言论的权利。
The mayor will make a speech at the assembly.
市长将在大会上发表演讲。
尤指支持某种政治观点、表示抗议等在户外举行的大规模的群众性集会。
The students will hold a peace rally.
学生们要举行一个拥护和平的大会。
The minister addressed the rally.
那位部长在公众集会上讲了话。
相关例句：
The sky is overcast.; Dark clouds are gathering.
乌云密布。
The gathering storm had made the day even darker than was usual at this hour.
即将到来的暴风雨使得天空看起来比平时这个时候更昏暗。
I have spent many a morning with my wife gathering mussels along the rocky beaches of Little Compton.
我和妻子好几个上午都在小康普顿的岩石滩上采拾贻贝。
The aircraft bumped along erratically without gathering anything like sufficient speed.
飞机忽上忽下，飞行很不平稳，根本未达到应有的速度。
The movement is gathering force.
这场运动的声势正在逐渐增大。
The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering.
督察们看见越来越多愤怒的示威者聚集到一起。