ag·gre·ga·tion /ˌægrɪˈgeʃən/
集合,聚合,集合體
aggregation
聚合
Ag·gre·ga·tion n. The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.
Each genus is made up by aggregation of species. --Carpenter.
A nation is not an idea only of local extent and individual momentary aggregation, but . . . of continuity, which extends in time as well as in numbers, and in space. --Burke.
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aggregation
n 1: several things grouped together or considered as a whole
[syn: collection, accumulation, assemblage]
2: the act of gathering something together [syn: collection,
collecting, assembling]