动 close，shut，join，combine；形 （全； 整个） whole；量 （旧小说中指交战的回合） round；名 [天]conjunction，[音]a note of the scale in gongchepu, corresponding to 5．in numbered mu

[例句] 我在飞机上没合一下眼。 I didn't get a wink of sleep on the aeroplane.

[例句] 伯克匆匆地瞥了一眼菜单，然后啪地合上了。 Burke cast a cursory glance at the menu, then flapped it shut.

gather，assemble，[数] [自] [计] assemblage，set，aggregate ；

[例句] 如果不加限制，城市往往会联合发展成越来越大的集合城市。 Cities, if unrestricted, tend to coalesce into bigger and bigger conurbations.

[例句] 数以百计的孩子们被集合起来。 The children were assembled in hundreds.

unite，ally，alliance，union，associate with ；

[例句] 那家联合银行在它自己的地盘上就无可匹敌了。 On its home turf, the combined bank would be unrivalled.

[例句] 他命令联合舰队将军队护送到那不勒斯。 He ordered the combined fleet to convoy troops to Naples.

get together，[化]polymerization，polymerize，[生]aggregation，converge ；

[例句] 这种物质聚合形成坚硬的塑料。 The substance polymerizes to form a hard plastic.

[例句] 枯松枝生起的篝火给这次聚合增添了随和、友善的气氛. A fire of withered pine boughs added sociability to the gathering.

combine，unite，marry，be united in wedlock，coalescent ；

[例句] 夫妇俩对婚姻的看法很传统，认为婚姻是神圣的结合。 The couple hold the unfashionable view that marriage is a sacred union.

[例句] 他在写登山的文章中，把自己对体育和政治的兴趣完美地结合了起来。 His sporting and political interests coalesced admirably in his writing about climbing.

assemble，group，association，combination；

[例句] 他给他的计算机编制了一套程序，以比较所有可能的组合。 He programmed his computer to compare all the possible combinations.

[例句] “接招”乐队是世界上最好的组合，就是这样的。 "Take That" are the best group in the whole world. So there.

（搀杂在一起） mix，blend，mingle，admix，admixture；

[例句] 通过胃部肌肉的收缩食物和流质在胃中混合。 Foods and fluids are mixed in the stomach by its muscular contractions.

[例句] 每天可用这种混合液漱几次口。 The mixture can be used as a gargle several times a day.

动 cooperate，collaborate，work together；名 cooperation，joint work ；

[例句] 两家航空公司将在票务和航班安排上展开合作。 The two airlines will cooperate on ticketing and schedules.

[例句] 与福特的密切合作开始令我爱上了电影。 Working with Ford closely, I fell in love with the cinema.

（结合到一起） merge，amalgamate，combine，mesh，coalition ；

[例句] 实际上，他将服3个5年徒刑，合并执行。 He will actually be serving three concurrent five-year sentences.

[例句] 把英镑与欧洲其他货币合并会引发许多难题。 Integrating the pound with other European currencies could cause difficulties.

agreement，contract，bargain，compact，pact ；

[例句] 正式签订了每年可续签的合同。 A formal contract is signed which is renewable annually.

[例句] 她靠与露华浓签订的一笔1,000万美元的合同发了大财。 She's coining it in with a $10 million contract with Revlon.

qualified，on test，up to standard，check out，eligibility ；

[例句] 这门学位课程经电气工程师学院鉴定完全合格。 This degree programme is fully accredited by the Institution of Electrical Engineers.

[例句] 合格分数设定为百分制的50分。 The pass mark is set at 50 per cent.

synthesize，synthetical，comprehensive，multiple，colligate ；

[例句] 她在伦敦南部的奇姆综合中学教法语。 She taught French at Cheam Comprehensive in South London.

[例句] 他正试图把各种激进的哲学思想综合在一起。 He's trying to bring together various strands of radical philosophic thought.

rational，reasonable，equitable，in reason，with reason ；

[例句] 大多数医生似乎都接受顺势疗法是一种合理的医疗手段。 Most doctors appear to recognize homeopathy as a legitimate form of medicine.

[例句] 该项目的开支是否真的合理还未可知。 It is questionable whether the expenditure on this project is really justified.

（聚集到一起）join，meet，converge，assemble，close ；

[例句] 另一名持枪警察和那两名警察会合了。 The two policemen were joined by another policeman also carrying a pistol.

[例句] 他得到指挥官的许可来与我会合。 He got permission from his commanding officer to join me.

legal，lawful，legitimate，rightful，be within the law ；

[例句] 审计员质疑这些合同是否合法。 The auditor has questioned the legality of the contracts.

[例句] 既然出售香烟是合法的，那么禁止做香烟广告就是违宪的。 Banning cigarette advertising would be unconstitutional, since selling cigarettes is legal.

（由部分组成整体） compose，compound，[化] synthetise，synthetize，prefabricate ；

[例句] 西班牙是多种传统和多个民族的合成体。 Spain is a composite of multifarious traditions and people.

[例句] 这种治疗不会使用任何人工合成药物。 The treatment does not involve the use of any artificial drugs.

[物] coupling，interconnection，catena，linkage ；

[例句] 高次项是由外线性和轴间耦合灵敏度所产生的. The higher - order terms arise from nonlinearities and cross - axis sensitivity.

[例句] 这种明显的天线 - 弹体耦合能使制导回路不稳定 吗 ? Can this apparent dish - body coupling unstabilize the guidance loop?

alloy，compound metal，rafting，metal ；

[例句] 黄铜是铜锌合金。 Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.

[例句] 车上装的食品是用铬合金做的. The trimmings on the car are made of chromium.

joint，zygosis，juncture，articulation，anastomosis ；

[例句] 断骨被十分小心地接合复位。 Broken bones were painstakingly pieced together and reshaped.

[例句] 不同的部件都必须能顺利接合。 The different components all have to interface smoothly.

[化] chemical combination ；

[例句] 地球外存在生命的理论是基于陨星上存在碳化合物质这一事实的. One theory about the existence of extraterrestrial life rests on the presence of carbon compounds in meteorites.

[例句] 在蛋自质中, 氮原子与碳 、 氢、氧原子相化合. In proteins, atoms of nitrogen are combined with carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms.