- (also Assembly)[countable]
a group of people who have been elected to meet together regularly and make decisions or laws for a particular region or country 立法機構；會議；議會 state/legislative/federal/local assemblies 州衆議院；立法會議；聯邦／地方議會 Power has been handed over to provincial and regional assemblies. 權力已移交給省和地區議會。 The national assembly has voted to adopt the budget. 國民議會已表決通過預算。 the California Assembly 美國加利福尼亞州衆議院 the UN General Assembly 聯合國大會 assembly elections 議會選舉 an elected assembly 民選議會
Extra ExamplesSome assembly is required. 有些部份需要組裝一下。 South Korea voted for its National Assembly this week. 南朝鮮（韓國）本周進行了國民議會的選舉。 The announcement was made during morning assembly. 這是在晨會時宣布的。 The assembly voted to delay the legislation to allow further consultation to take place. 議會投票決定暫緩立法以便進一步磋商。 The company has twenty assembly plants in Europe. 這家公司在歐洲擁有 20 家裝配工廠。 These issues have been discussed in the local assemblies. 這些問題已經在當地議會裏討論過了。 They demanded the right to hold peaceful assemblies. 他們要求取得和平集會的權利。 This factory deals with final assembly and testing. 這家工廠負責總裝和調試。 We hold an assembly every morning. 我們每天都有晨會。 When the fire alarm sounds, leave the building and proceed to your assembly point. 火災警報一響，請離開大樓，前往你們的集合地點。 furniture designed for home assembly 專爲在家裏自行組裝而設計的家具 workers on the assembly line 裝配線上的工人 I'm playing the flute in assembly tomorrow morning. 我明天早晨要在晨會上演奏長笛。 Laws governing freedom of assembly were gradually being relaxed. 有關集會自由的法律正逐漸放寬。 Some assembly of the equipment is required. 需要組裝一些設備。 The party has only 3 seats in the 51-seat National Assembly. 該黨在國會的51席中僅佔3席。 There is a whole school assembly every Friday morning. 每個星期五早晨全校師生都要舉行晨會。 Workers rushed to their designated assembly points. 工人們趕到他們指定的集合點。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- elected
- representative
- constitutional
- …
- create
- form
- set up
- …
- meet
- vote
- member
- seat
- building
- …
- in an/the assembly
- a meeting of the assembly
- a session of the assembly
- [uncountable, countable]
the meeting together of a group of people for a particular purpose; a group of people who meet together for a particular purpose 集會；（統稱）集會者 They were fighting for freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. 他們爲言論自由和集會自由而鬥爭。 He was to address a public assembly on the issue. 他要對公衆集會發表演說談論這個問題。 an assembly point (= a place where people have been asked to meet) 集會地點
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- peaceful
- unlawful
- …
- hold
- call
- point
- freedom of assembly
- the right of assembly
- [countable, uncountable]
a meeting of the teachers and students in a school, usually at the start of the day, to give information, discuss school events or say prayers together （全校師生的）晨會，朝會 The deputy head was taking (= leading) school assembly that day. 那天副校長正在主持學校集會。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- school
- morning
- have
- hold
- attend
- …
- hall
- at assembly
- during assembly
- in assembly
- …
- [uncountable]
the process of putting together the parts of something such as a vehicle or piece of furniture 裝配；組裝；總成 Putting the bookcase together should be a simple assembly job. 組裝書櫥應該是個簡單的裝配活。 a car assembly plant 汽車裝配廠 the correct assembly of the parts 零部件的正確組裝
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- easy
- final
- require
- line
- area
- plant
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French asemblee, feminine past participle of asembler, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + simul ‘together’.