In addition to the uses shown below, together is used in phrasal verbs such as ‘piece together’, ‘pull together’, and ‘sleep together’.
除下列用法外，together 还可用于piece together, pull together 和 sleep together 等短语动词中。
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[ADV 副词]一起；共同 If people do something together, they do it with each other.
[usu ADV after v]
We went on long bicycle rides together...
我们一起骑自行车长途旅行。
He and I worked together on a book…
我和他合写了一本书。
They all live together in a three-bedroom house...
他们全都一块儿住在一幢三居室的房子里。
Together they swam to the ship.
他们一起游向那艘船。
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[ADV 副词](接触、结合)到一起 If things are joined together, they are joined with each other so that they touch or form one whole.
[ADV after v]
Mix the ingredients together thoroughly...
把配料充分混合。
She clasped her hands together on her lap...
她十指紧扣，放在膝上。
If a window is broken, you can't stick it back together again.
如果窗户碎了，就无法再把它粘回到一起了。
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[ADV 副词](位置)在一起，紧挨地 If things or people are situated together, they are in the same place and very near to each other.
[ADV after v]
The trees grew close together...
树木密密地长在一起。
Ginette and I gathered our things together...
我和吉内特把东西收拢好。
People stood packed together tightly.
人们拥挤地站在一起。
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[ADV 副词](团结)在一起 If a group of people are held or kept together, they are united with each other in some way.
[ADV after v]
[v-link ADJ]
He has done enough to pull the party together...
他为使政党内部团结一致已经做得够多了。
I want us all to be a happy family together…
我希望我们大家都能在一起，成为一个幸福的家庭。
His tough brand of social democracy was largely successful in holding the country together.
他别具一格的强硬的社会民主主义在很大程度上成功地使该国团结在一起。
Together is also an adjective.
We are together in the way we're looking at this situation.
我们对这一形势的看法是一致的。
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[ADJ 形容词](两人)结婚的，有性关系(或恋爱关系)的 If two people are together, they are married or having a sexual relationship with each other.
[v-link ADJ]
We were together for five years...
我们共同生活了 5 年。
Towards the end of our time together he was impossible…
到我们在一起的最后那段时间，他简直令人难以忍受。
Passion kept us together.
激情使我们在一起。
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[ADV 副词]同时；一齐 If two things happen or are done together, they happen or are done at the same time.
[ADV after v]
Three horses crossed the finish line together...
3 匹马同时越过终点线。
'Yes,' they said together.
“是的，”他们齐声说。
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[ADV 副词]合计地；总合地 You use together when you are adding two or more amounts or things to each other in order to consider a total amount or effect.
[ADV before v]
The two main right-wing opposition parties together won 29.8 per cent…
两大右翼反对党合计赢得 29.8% 的选票。
The companies have together spent £300 million…
这些公司总计支出 3 亿英镑。
Together they account for less than five per cent of the population...
他们总共占不到总人口的 5%。
The two together are particularly deadly.
二者相加尤为致命。
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[PHR-RECIP 相互短语]相配；不可分割 If you say that two things go together, or that one thing goes together with another, you mean that they go well with each other or cannot be separated from each other.
[pl-n PHR]
I can see that some colours go together and some don't...
我看得出有些颜色很相配，有些就不行。
Winckelmann declared that art and freedom went together…
温克尔曼宣称艺术与自由不可分割。
Poverty and illiteracy go together with high birth rates.
贫困、文盲与高出生率密切相关。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]自信的；精干的；清醒的 If you describe someone as together, you admire them because they are very confident, organized, and know what they want.
[approval]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
She was very headstrong, and very together...
她非常倔强，又非常精干。
I know on the surface I appear to be quite a together person…
我知道表面上我似乎自信能干。
I had to take a break for a cup of tea before I could really get myself together.
在我能振作精神之前，必须先休息一下喝杯茶。
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[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]连同…一起；还有；加之 You use together with to mention someone or something else that is also involved in an action or situation.
Every month we'll deliver the very best articles, together with the latest fashion and beauty news...
每个月我们都登载最好的文章，还有最新的时尚美容资讯。
A famine started which, together with the war, carried away millions of lives…
一场饥荒开始了，再加上战争，夺走了几百万条生命。
Together with his wife, he helped to draft the ANC's 1955 'Freedom Charter'.
他和妻子一起协助起草了非洲人国民大会 1955 年《自由宪章》。
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to get your act together→see:
act
； to put your heads together→see:
head
； put together→see:
put
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Oxford
to·gether★/təˈɡeðə(r); NAmEtəˈɡeðər/
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adjective
adverb★HELPFor the special uses of togetherin phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example pull yourself togetheris in the phrasal verb section at pull.*together 在短语动词中的特殊用法见有关动词词条。如 pull yourself together 在词条 pull 的短语动词部份。 1★with or near to sb/sth else; with each other 在一起；共同◆We grew up together.我们是在一块儿长大的。◆Together they climbed the dark stairs.他们一起登上黑洞洞的楼梯。◆Get all the ingredients together before you start cooking.把所有的材料放在一起再开始烹饪。◆Stay close together—I don't want anyone to get lost. 紧紧靠在一起，我不想把谁给丢了。2★so that two or more things touch or are joined to or combined with each other 以使接触（或相结合）；到一起◆He rubbed his hands together in satisfaction.他满意地擦搓着双手。◆She nailed the two boards together.她把两块木板钉在了一起。◆Mix the sand and cement together.把沙子和水泥混合在一起。◆Taken together,these factors are highly significant. 这些因素综合起来看就很重要了。◆He has moremoney than the rest ofus put together.他的钱比我们所有人的加在一起还多。3★(of two people 两个人)in a close relationship, for example a marriage 关系密切；有婚姻关系◆They split up after ten years together.他们在一起生活了十年之后分手了。4★in or into agreement 一致；协调◆After the meeting the two sides in the dispute were no closer together.会面之后，争论的双方立场差距依然如故。5★at the same time 同时；一起；一齐◆They both spoke together.他们两人同时发言。◆( informal) All together now:‘Happy birthday to you…’ 现在大家一齐唱：“祝你生日快乐…”6for hours, days, etc. ~( formal) for hours, days, etc. without stopping 接连…地；连续…地；…不间断地◆She sat for hours together just staring into space.她连续几个小时坐在那里怔怔地望着前面。IDIOMtogether with1★including 包括…在内◆Together with the Johnsons, there were 12 of us in the villa.包括约翰逊一家在内，别墅里总共有我们 12 个人。2★in addition to; as well as 加之；和；连同；同…一起◆I sent my order, together with a cheque for £40.我把订单连同一张 40 英镑的支票一起寄出去。adjective( informal,approving) (of a person 人)well organized and confident 自信而妥实的◆He's incredibly together for someone so young.他这个人年纪轻轻，办事如此稳当，真是了不起。to·gether/təˈɡeðə(r); NAmEtəˈɡeðər/
1with each other if two or more people do something together, they do it with each otherOPP alone, separately: We’ve very much enjoyed working together. They’ve decided to spend more time together. He and my father were at school together. Together they went back inside the villa.2make one thing if you put two or more things together, you join them so that they touch or form one whole thing or groupOPP apart: He’d tried to glue the broken pieces together. Mix the butter and sugar together. She clasped her hands together. He took the engine apart and then put it back together again. The model was held together with string.3be a couple if two people are together, they are married, or are having a romantic or sexual relationship: Mark and I have been together eight years now. Are those two together? A lot of people live together before getting married. Sometimes I don’t know what keeps us together.4in one place if you keep, collect etc things together, you keep or collect them all in one place: She keeps all the important documents together in one file. Embarrassed, she gathered her things together and left. Goods of a similar kind should be stored together.5close/packed/crowded etc together if people or objects are close together, packed together etc, they are placed very near to each other: The trees had been planted a little too close together. The climbers were sitting huddled together for warmth.6against each other if you rub or hit things together, you rub or hit them against each other: Max was rubbing his hands together with glee. Knock the brushes together to clean them.7in agreement if people are together, come together etc, they are or become united, especially in order to try and achieve something: Together we can win. The Conference called on all good men to come together to resist socialism. He said that the main purpose of the Baha'i faith was to bring people together.8at the same time at the same time: Both letters should have arrived. I mailed them together. ‘Oh!’ they said together.all together (now) (=used to tell a group of people to all say or do something at the same time) Right men. All together now ... push!9combine amounts when two amounts or quantities are added together, they are combined: Add these numbers together and then divide the total by 7. Together they won only 21% of the votes. The table and chairs are together worth about £200.10together with something/somebodya)in addition to something else: Just bring it back to the store, together with your receipt. Becoming self-employed meant giving up a secure salary, together with sick leave and long vacation time.b)used to mention someone else who is also involved in an activity or situation: He, together with Bill Dunn, decided to climb out of the canyon. → bring together
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, → get together
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, → get your act together
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, → hold together
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, → piece something together
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, → pull together
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together1 adverb
together2 adjective
togethertogether2 adjective spoken
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someone who is together is confident, thinks clearly, and does things in a sensible organized way – used to show approval: Jane is such a together person.