1APM[countableC] a number of people, things, or organizations that do something together or have the same interests, qualities, or features 〔出于共同目的或有相同特质者组成的〕团体,集团
grouping of
a grouping of eight opposition parties
由八个反对党组成的集团
political/social/economic etc grouping
During this period the family unit becomes the natural social grouping.
在这一时期里,家族成了自然的社会群体。
a loose grouping (=informal and not well organized) of anti-capitalist protesters
一个由反对资本主义的抗议者组成的松散群体
2[uncountableU] the act of putting people or things into groups 分组;分类
political/social/economic etc grouping• The family is a basicsocial grouping, and it has an all pervadinginfluence over its members.• Hierarchicalrankingoperated within each social grouping as well as between members of different groups.• Up to the late 1960s, catholic nationalists were split between two mainpolitical groupings.• Last night political groupings which had been silent during the Prince's officialvisitresumed activity.• In the meantime, what are the naturallevels of social grouping for other animal species?• These are the ten basic types of social grouping.• The political tension, both between the king and heir and between the political groupings, rose rapidly.• These mostly reflected the emergence and subsequent disappearance of various political groupings and parties.