a)a group of young people who spend time together, and who are often involved in crime or drugs and who often fight against other groups 一帮年轻人,帮派〔尤指犯罪团伙〕
two rival street gangs
两个敌对的街头流氓团伙
gang member/member of a gang
The parents have denied that their son is a gang member.
那对父母否认自己的儿子是流氓团伙的成员。
the problem of inner-city gang violence
老城区的团伙暴力问题
a victim of gang warfare
帮派斗争的受害者
b)a group of young people together in one place, especially young people who might cause trouble 一帮,一群〔尤指可能肇事的年轻人〕
gang of
There were always gangs of kids hanging around the mall.
street gangs• They asked: were there really no girls in youthcultures and street gangs or had sociological accounts made them invisible?• A pattern of trouble quickly came to be associated with the street gangs.
gang2 verb
1gang togetherphrasal verbphr vif people gangtogether, they form a group in order to do something together, especially to oppose something 〔尤为反对某事〕联合起来
The smaller shopkeepers ganged together to beat off competition from the supermarkets.
规模较小的店家联合起来对抗超市的竞争。
Examples from the Corpus
gang together• People would gang together to destroy him.
2gang up on/against somebodyphrasal verbphr vCRUELif people gang up on someone, they join together to attack, criticize, or oppose them, especially in a way that seems unfair 合伙对付
Schoolchildren are quick to gang up on anyone who looks or behaves differently.
gang• Why did geneschoose to gang up and make large bodies for themselves to live in?• First then, why did genes gang up in cells?• Now, however, there are worryingsigns that the two biggest firms are ganging up on the rest.• All your recurrentfears of the world ganging up on you came to the surface, and you ran away.• Sometimes friends gang up on you.
Origingang1
Old English“way, journey”; the modern meaning comes from the idea of a group of people "going" together
1group of criminals犯罪團夥ADJECTIVE | VERB + GANG | GANG + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤street街頭幫派◇a street gang known as the Hooligans一個被稱為“阿飛幫”的街頭犯罪團夥➤local當地的團夥➤armed, masked持械/蒙面團夥◇The robbery was carried out by an armed gang.這次搶劫是一個持械團夥幹的。➤criminal, organized, organized-crime犯罪團夥;有組織的團夥;有組織的犯罪團夥➤drug販毒團夥➤mafia, paramilitary黑手黨/準軍事團夥➤terror (especially BrE) 恐怖分子團夥▸➤teenage, youth少年/青年團夥➤biker, motorcycle飛車黨;摩托車幫▸➤rival敵對團夥◇Fights had ensued between rival gangs of football fans.接着兩夥對立的足球迷就打了起來。➤notorious臭名昭著的匪幫➤vicious, violent暴力團夥VERB + GANG➤belong to, join屬於某團夥;加入幫派◇A lot of the boys belong to gangs.許多男孩子加入了幫派。◇He forced me to join his gang.他強迫我加入他的幫派。GANG + NOUN➤attack, fight, violence, war, warfare幫派火拚;群毆;幫派械鬥◇Her cousin was killed in a gang fight when he was only 16.她的表兄 16 歲時死於一場群毆。➤crime團夥犯罪▸➤member團夥成員➤leader幫派首領➤activity幫派活動▸➤life幫派生涯◇a tale of LA gang life洛杉磯匪幫記事➤culture, mentality幫派文化/思想▸➤rape輪姦PREPOSITION➤in a/the gang屬於⋯團夥◇We were in the same gang.我們是一夥的。➤gang of⋯團夥◇a gang of thugs一夥暴徒PHRASES➤a member of a gang幫派成員gang
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2group of friends一幫朋友ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤usual一夥平常的朋友PREPOSITION➤gang of一夥⋯◇I go out with a gang of friends most Saturdays.我星期六多數時候都和一幫朋友出去玩。PHRASES➤one of the gang夥伴中的一員◇Her friends made me feel welcome and treated me as one of the gang.她的朋友很歡迎我,把我當成他們中的一員。