gather是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. 聚集， 聚拢； 推测， 推断，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There-fore I am retreating, and bidding the other Argives gather in this place, for I know that Mars is now lording it in the field.'
-- Tell her to bid the matrons gather at the temple of Minerva in the acropolis; let her then take her key and open the doors of the sacred building; there, upon the knees of Minerva, let her lay the largest, fairest robe she has in her house the one she sets most store by; let her, moreover, promise to sacrifice twelve yearling heifers that have never yet felt the goad, in the temple of the goddess, if she will take pity on the town, with the wives and little ones of the Trojans, and keep the son of Tydeus from falling on the goodly city of Ilius; for he fights with fury and fills men's souls with panic.
-- As soon as they heard it they set about their twofold labour, some to gather the corpses, and others to bring in wood.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Kemp tried to gather what he could.
-- I gather it was a secret.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They build themselves their dens, gather fruit, and pull herbs marry even.
-- In the morning I would gather some provisions in the dingey, and after setting fire to the pyre before me, push out into the desolation of the high sea once more.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And most of the wolves began to gather round Shere Khan, whose tail was beginning to switch.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Without doubt, he could gather no confidence by wit-nessing our indifference,' he said.
-- He profited by the halt, to gather such information as might be obtained from his short and hasty glances.
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- From what I've been able to gather from certain sources that I can't tell you, I know that he didn't leave England by himself."
-- The silence of the studio seemed to gather body, so that it became an almost palpable presence.
-- "You must try and gather together the threads again.
-- No one would go near now to gather the cocoa-nuts, and they lay rotting on the ground.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- If they wished to gather some fruit from the summit of a tree, how quickly he climbed for it.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This was the character which the little terrier in question had once sustained; if there had been any doubt upon the subject he would speedily have resolved it by his conduct; for not only did he, on seeing Short, give the strongest tokens of recognition, but catching sight of the flat box he barked so furiously at the pasteboard nose which he knew was inside, that his master was obliged to gather him up and put him into his pocket again, to the great relief of the whole company.
-- Casting a look upon him, half-reproachful and half-compassionate, the schoolmaster took the child in his arms, and, bidding the old man gather up her little basket and follow him directly, bore her away at his utmost speed.
-- 'A place to live, and learn to live, and gather health of mind and body in,' said the schoolmaster; 'for this old house is yours.'
-- They would gather round her in the porch, before and after service; young children would cluster at her skirts; and aged men and women forsake their gossips, to give her kindly greeting.
-- They were to gather fresh leaves and berries for her bed.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The clerk, smiling, met Nekhludoff with the information that the peasants would gather in the evening, as he had ordered.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was some time before either I or the captain seemed to gather our senses, but at length, and about at the same moment, I released his wrist, which I was still holding, and he drew in his hand and looked sharply into the palm.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I was tempted to gather their fresh petals, ornamented with delicate tentacles, some just blown, the others budding, while a small fish, swimming swiftly, touched them slightly, like flights of birds.
-- Where did the Captain gather this gold from?
扩展阅读：