collection

1. N-COUNT A collection of things is a group of similar things that you have deliberately acquired, usually over a period of time. 收藏品

Robert's collection of prints and paintings has been bought over the years. 羅伯特的印刷收藏品和藏畫是多年來花錢買的。

The Art Gallery of Ontario has the world's largest collection of sculptures by Henry Moore. 安大略美術館關於亨利•摩爾的雕塑收藏品居世界之最。

2. N-COUNT A collection of stories, poems, or articles is a number of them published in one book. (作品) 集

Two years ago he published a collection of short stories called "Facing The Music."

兩年前，他出版了一本題爲《願賭服輸》的短篇小說集。

3. N-COUNT A collection of things is a group of things. 組群

...a collection of modern glass office buildings. …一組玻璃幕牆的現代辦公樓群。

4. N-COUNT A fashion designer's new collection consists of the new clothes they have designed for the next season. 時裝系列

Her spring/summer collection for this year deliberately uses both simple and rich fabrics. 她今年的春／夏裝系列故意使用了既簡單又華貴的材質。

5. N-COUNT If you organize a collection for charity, you collect money from people to give to charity. 募捐

I asked my principal if he could arrange a collection for a refugee charity. 我問我的校長能否爲難民組織一次慈善募捐。

6. N-COUNT A collection is money that is given by people in church during some Christian services. (某些基督儀式中人們給教堂的) 捐款

7. N-UNCOUNT Collection is the act of collecting something from a place or from people. 收集; 採集

Money can be sent to any one of 22,000 agents worldwide for collection. 錢款可以送交全世界22000個代理機搆中的任何一個來收集。

...computer systems to speed up collection of information. …用於加快信息採集速度的電腦系統。