assemble
/əˈsembl/verb
1
- no obj.(of people) gather together in one place for a common purpose（人为共同目的）聚集, 集合：
a crowd had assembled outside the gates.
人群已聚集在门外。
1.1
- with obj. cause (people or things) to gather together for a common purpose使（人或物为共同目的）聚集; 召集, 调集：
he assembled the surviving members of the group for a tour.
他召集这个群体的幸存者去旅行。
1.2
- usu. as noun assembling Entomology (of male moths) gather for mating in response to a pheromone released by a female【昆】（雄性蛾）应雌性释放的外激素聚集在一起交配。
2
- with obj. fit together the separate component parts of (a machine or other object)装配（机器或物品的）部件：
a factory that assembled parts for trucks.
卡车装配厂。
2.1
- Computing translate (a program) from a symbolic language into machine code【计算机】汇编（程序）。
词源
Middle English: from Old French asembler, based on Latin ad- 'to' + simul 'together'.