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英语口语练习小对话第672期:使......聚集,聚拢

2014-08-20来源:和谐英语

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Subject：Round everybody up.

迷你对话

A: Round everybody up. It is time for our business meeting.

大家集合，开会的时间到了。

B: OK. We will be ready.

好的，马上就好。

地道表达

round up

1. 解释

Round up是个固定短语，可以表示“将......聚拢起来，使......聚集”，也可以表示“围剿，围捕”。

2. 例句

e.g. Round up a few friends to help you.

召集一些朋友来帮你忙。

e.g. Let's round up our friends and go for a ride.

召集我们的朋友一起去兜风。

e.g. Possibly he is also hoping to round up some western European support.

可能他也希望在西欧各地赢得一些支持。

e.g. I spent the morning trying to round up the documents I needed.

我用上午的时间尽力搜集所需要的文件。