Collect与gather的区别
作为动词gather, collect都有收集的意思，这么区别呢？
Gather是把散落的独自的东西或人物汇聚在一起。
而collect有聚拢，集中的含义。
Gather的使用
To collect; normally separate things.收集，一般将事物分类。
I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.
She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.
Especially, to harvest food，专门用于收获食品。
We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.
我们去附近的小路上采了一些黑莓。
To accumulate over time, to amass little by little. 逐渐积累，点滴累积。
Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.
这些年来，他收集了大量的马克杯。
To congregate, or assemble.聚集
People gathered round as he began to tell his story.
当他开始讲他的故事时，人们围了过来。
As soon as a crowd gathered, the police came.
人群一聚集，警察就来了
To bring parts of a whole closer.将部分汇集成整体
She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.
她走到寒冷的地方，用围巾把自己裹起来。
To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.推出或做结论
From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well.
从他的沉默中，我推断出事情不太顺利。
I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.
我从梅姑妈那里听说你在比赛中度过了愉快的一天。
I gather you have not done your homework
我猜想你还没有做家庭作业。
look for (food) in nature 寻找食物
Our ancestors gathered nuts in the fall
我们的祖先在秋天采集坚果
increase in (speed, force, etc.)增加速度
The destroyer gathered speed.
驱逐舰加快了速度。
gain or recover (one's breath)获得或恢复
She paused to gather her breath and leaned against the wall puffing.
她停下来歇息，靠在墙上喘着气。
Collect的使用
To gather together; amass 收集，汇聚
Ancient nomads had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
古代的游牧民族必须收集木材，然后花时间和精力将摩擦产生的热量从木材之间释放出来以点燃火焰。
Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
苏珊娜把她摆好的文件都收了起来。
The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall.
该团队使用特殊设备收集温度、风速和降雨量的数据。
To get; particularly, get from someone 从某人那里得到
The riot is so great that it is very difficult to collect what is being said.
这场骚乱太严重了，很难弄清楚人们在说些什么。
A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan.
银行按月收取客户的新车贷款。
A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.
抵押贷款公司按月收取房屋贷款。
We collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts.
我们收了一百多万美元的未偿债务。
bring or gather together (a number of things)收集在一起
He went round the office collecting old coffee cups.
他在办公室里转悠，收集旧咖啡杯。
To accumulate 作为兴趣爱好收集藏品
John Henry collects stamps.
约翰·亨利集邮。
I don't think he collects as much as hoards.
我觉得他收集的东西不如囤积得多。
To collect payments.收款
He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.
他要收打赌赢的钱有很多困难。
He collected their rent each week.他每周收取他们的租金
To come together in a group or mass. （不及物动词）汇拢在一起
The rain collected in puddles.
雨水聚积在水坑里。
To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).与另一个物体相撞
The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction.
卡车转向穿过*保留区，撞上了一辆朝相反方向行驶的汽车。
accumulate over a period of time积累
Collect rainwater to use on the garden.
收集雨水用于花园';
call for and take away; fetch接，带走
The children were collected from school.
孩子们从学校被接走了
concentrate (one's thoughts)集中精力
She returned to her room to collect her thoughts.
她回到自己的房间，整理一下思绪。
从上面可看出Gather，collect都有聚集在一起，形成一组，一团或一个单位这样的含义。
Gather是这些词中应用最广泛的; 它不仅可以用来指人和物，还可以指无形的东西。
在某些短语中，gather获得额外的特定含义; 因此，gathering flowers or crops采集花朵或作物意味着采摘、挑选和聚集; gathering wits“集思广益”指的是努力集中精力或集中精神力量.
Collect通常用来代替gather，在意思上没有刻意的区别。 但是，collect可以传达仔细选择或选择原则的想法，或有序安排，或明确理解的思想，但并不总是表达的目的的观点; 但gather没有这种意思。因此，collect蝴蝶意味着要对标本进行选择，通常还要对它们进行分类; collect books收藏书籍意味着对书籍的选择要遵循一些原则，如稀有性、装帧的美观或特殊的作者。
收集思想(to gather one’s thoughts)和集中思想 (to collect one’s thoughts)之间有一个微妙的区别，前者通常只意味着之前的分散，后者则意味着将思想组织起来。
集资(gather money)和筹资资(collect money)也有区别，前者可能仅仅指积累资金，而后者通常指通过礼物、捐款和捐款来筹集资金，或采取行动获得应得的资金。 当各种各样的东西放在一起的时候，我们用Collect和collection更倾向于表达集中; 因此，一种杂项的集合而不是一种集合用collect; 收集足够的椅子让所有的客人坐下就要用collect.。