1. C 群，团体；组类　 number of people or things gathered, placed or acting together, or naturally associated
2. C 小型流行音乐演奏组　 a small number of players of popular music, sometimes with a singer

　form a ～　组成小组
　join a ～　加入小组
　split into ～　分成小组
　age ～　年龄段
　blood ～　血型
　discussion ～　讨论小组
　drama ～　剧团
　ethnic ～　族群
　gangster ～　歹徒团伙
　grain ～　谷类
　press ～　新闻记者团
　religious ～　宗教团体
　social ～　社会群体
　writing ～　写作小组
　according to age ～　按照年龄段
　～ of buildings　建筑群
　～ of islands　一群岛屿
　～ of statues　一组雕像

　The group broke up.　小组解散了。
　Our discussion group is meeting this week.　我们讨论小组这星期将碰一次头。
　The top team in each group played off seven games against each other.　各组的前几名彼此进行7场比赛。
　There are ten people in the group.　这组有10个人。
　The research group is ready to start its work.　这个研究小组已准备好随时开始工作。
　We broke down the students into several small groups when we have oral class.　上口语课时，我们把学生分成若干个小组。
　They began to split into groups.　他们开始分成小组。
　The militant members of the group were in favour of expelling him.　小组里的好战分子赞成把他开除。
　How many of the group are present today?　今天该组有多少人出席?
　Man can only make progress in cooperative groups.　人类只有组成合作群体才能取得进步。
　People were standing about in small groups.　人们三五成群地到处站着。
　He goes about with a nice group of boys.　他跟一些不错的小伙子结交。
　She is a lead singer in a pop group.　她是流行歌曲演唱组的主唱。
　The Beatles were the best-known pop group of the 1960s.　披头士乐队是60年代最有名的乐队。
　Did the British group win the song contest?　英国队在演唱比赛中获奖了吗?
　Acting with an amateur theatrical group can be fun.　和业余戏剧团一起演出可能是有趣的。
　A large group of chimpanzees was feeding.　一大群黑猩猩在吃食。
　The group are divided in their opinions of the matter.　小组成员在对待这问题的看法上意见不一致。
　The company belongs to the Burton Group.　这家公司属于博顿集团。
　Which blood group do you belong to?　你属于哪一种血型?
　It comes under this group.　它属于这一类。
　They fall into two main groups.　他们分成两大类。

 ♣ group, band, circle, crowd, gang, herd, host, mass, mob, multitude, set
　参见band条。
 ♣ group, bunch, cluster
　参见bunch条。
 ♣ group, grouping
　这两个词的共同意思是“群体”。其区别是：
1. grouping强调人为分类、编排的过程及结果。例如：
　The new grouping of classes makes it easy for the teachers to conduct class.　这次重新编班使教师们授课更方便了。
　group　仅指偶然或有意组成的群体（结果）。
2. 表示“派别”时，常用grouping，而不用group. 例如：
　Within their party, there are several groupings.　在他们的党内有若干个派别。

　group　常用于a group of形式，其谓语可以是单数形式，也可以是复数形式，使用复数形式多见于正式文体，而单数形式则多见于口语体。也有的语法学家认为，谓语be单复数的选择取决于说话者将主语视成一个整体，还是着重于多个个体。

1. vt. & vi.使成群；集合　 form or gather into a group
2. vt.分类；归类　 form into one or more groups

　～ flowers　集中所有的花
　～ friends　聚集朋友
　～ materials　集中所有材料
　～ carelessly　马马虎虎地归类
　～ congenially　合理地归类
　～ logically　符合逻辑地分类
　～ together　聚集在一处
　～ about　聚集在…周围
　～ for　将…排好
　～ into　分成，归类为
　～ under　归到…类

　Please group all those tall flowers here.　请把所有长得高的花放在一起。
　He grouped his friends for a photograph.　他把他的朋友聚集起来照相。
　Theatres and cinemas were grouped mainly on the two streets.　剧院和电影院主要集中在那两条街上。

 ♣ group about　(v.+prep.)
　围住…　get round sb/sth
　〔说明〕 group about通常不用于进行体。
　The children grouped about their teacher whenever she took them out on a trip.　每当老师带着孩子们远足时，他们总是簇拥在她身旁。
　The photograph will look nice if we group the family about the piano.　如果我们全家人围坐在钢琴旁，那照出相来一定很好。
 ♣ group according to　(v.+prep.)
　按…分　group by sth
　He grouped students according to ability.　他按能力把学生们分成若干组。
　Earthquakes are grouped according to their origin, into three classes.　地震按其起因可分为三类。
 ♣ group together　(v.+adv.)
　聚集，把…归于一类　gather in a group; place sth in the same class or division
　The photographer grouped the family together so that he could get them all in the same picture.　摄影师把全家人聚拢在一起，以便把他们摄入同一张相片。
　Group the roses together.　将玫瑰花集中在一起。
　Please group those books together.　请把那些书分类集合在一起。
　Insects, animals and birds are all grouped together in the animal kingdom.　昆虫，野兽和鸟类都被归入动物王国。
　The paintings have been grouped together according to the style of the different periods of the artist's life.　这些画按艺术家一生中不同时期的风格归类。
 ♣ group under　(v.+prep.)
　把…归入　place things or people in the same class
　All these books should be grouped under theatre.　所有这些书应归入戏剧类。

　［同义词］ n. assembly, collection, crowd, gather, mass v. assemble, cluster, gather
　［词源］　法语groupe<意大利语gruppo（组，群，类）