她皺起了眉。

那是布倫德里特委員會。我推斷美國人對它很有興趣。

我想你已經接受了我的勸告。

鼓足勇氣

增加動量,增加勁頭,得勢

【記】※ father-父親,gather-集合:父親集合全家人開會 ※ g-拼音“哥”,at-在,her-她的:我哥在她的電腦上收集資料,準備畢業論文 ※ father-父親(f-拼音“父”),gather-采集(g-拼音“各”):父親常常在海邊“采集”各種貝殼

gather v 1 (a) [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ round (sb/sth); ~ sb/sth round (sb/sth) come or bring sb/sth together in one place 聚集; 集合; 召集; 搜集 A crowd soon gathered. 很快聚集起一群人. Gather round (ie Form a group round me) and listen, children! 孩子們, 圍攏過來聽我說! a musical evening with the whole family gathered round the piano 全家圍在鋼琴旁的音樂晚會. (b) [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (together/up) bring together (objects) that have been spread about 收集, 收攏（分散的東西） Give me a moment to gather my notes together. 給我些時間整理一下筆記. She gathered up her scattered belongings and left. 她把自己的散亂物品收好就走了. 2 (a) [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (from sth) collect (plants, fruit, etc) from a wide area 搜集, 采集（植物、 水果等） gather flowers, berries, nuts, etc 采花、 漿果、 堅果等 gathering mushrooms in the fields 在野地采集蘑菇 (fig 比喻) information gathered (ie obtained) from various sources 從各處搜集的信息. (b) [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (in) pick or cut and collect (crops) for storage 撿拾或收割（莊稼） The harvest has been safely gathered in. 莊稼已妥善收獲完畢. 3 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tf] ~ sth (from sb/sth) understand sth; conclude 理解某事物; 得出結論 `Smith's resigned.' `I gathered as much from the newspapers.' ｀史密斯辭職了.＇｀我從報紙上也能看出他得辭職.＇ I gather you want to see the director. 我猜想你要見經理. `She won't be coming.' `So I gather.' ｀她不來了.＇｀我也這麼看.＇ I gathered from the way she replied that she wasn't very enthusiastic. 從她的回答來看, 她并不十分熱心. 4 [Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ sth round sb/sth; ~ sth up pull (a garment) tighter to one's body 將（衣服）向身體收攏 She gathered the shawl round her/round her shoulders. 她用披肩把自己[肩頭]裹緊. She gathered up her skirts and ran. 她提起裙擺就跑了. 5 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (in) draw (a garment) together in folds or pleats （在衣服上）打褶子 a skirt gathered (in) at the waist 腰部打褶的裙子. 6 [I, Tn] increase (sth) 增加（某事物） The darkness is gathering. 夜色漸濃. in the gathering gloom of a winter's afternoon 在冬天的一個下午, 天色越來越暗 The car gathered speed. 汽車速度逐漸加快了. 7 [Tn] (fig 比喻) bring (sth) together in order to make an effort; summon up 聚集或集中（某事物）以盡力; 鼓起; 喚起 He gathered all his strength and swung the axe. 他用盡全力掄起斧頭. She sat trying to gather her thoughts before making her speech. 她坐在那里努力集中思想準備發言. 8 (idm 習語) be gathered to one's `fathers (dated or rhet 舊或修辭) die 死. collect/gather one's wits => wit. gather `dust be neglected or unused for a long time 長久忽略或久置不用. a rolling stone gathers no moss => roll2. gather, n fold or pleat in a garment （衣服上的）褶子.

8個(g)父親(father) 聚集在一起？{呵呵打麻將嗎？}

*['g?e?]n. 集合, 聚集vi. 聚集, 集合, 漸增vt. 使聚集, 搜集, 積聚【法】 聚集, 收集, 漸增相關詞組: gather up