1. While it's true all of us need a career, preferably a prosperous one, it is equally true that our civilization has collected an incredible amount of knowledge in fields far removed from our own.
    虽然我们所有人都确实需要一份工作, 最好是一份薪水丰厚的工作，但同样确实的是我们的文明已经在远远超越我们各自业务的领域里积累了数量惊人的知识。

2. The dustmen haven´t collected the rubbish yet.
    清洁工人还没把垃圾收走.

3. There they collected women as well as food and drink, and a life of ease had made them soft.
    他们不仅搜刮吃的喝的，而且抢掠妇女，安逸的生活已使丹麦军队变得软弱无力。

4. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
    他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。

5. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing.
    他知道我收集火柴盒，于是问我收藏的火柴盒是否在增加。

6. Discovering that the minister collected rare books, he bought a rare edition of a book, slipped $20,000 within its pages, then presented it to the minister.
    了解到建工部长收藏珍本书，他买了一本书的珍藏版，在书里夹上两万美元，将其送给部长。

7. Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.
    显然，事情的经过是这样：沥青坑里积存了水，大象那样的大动物冒险到似乎坚固的水面上去饮水，立即掉进了沥青坑。

8. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.
    我一时冲动，逮了几十只，装进一只纸袋里，带着去找罗伯特。

9. Some things are collected deliberately in the home in an attempt to avoid waste.
    有些东西有意地收藏在家里，是为了避免浪费。

10. Some things are collected deliberately in the home in an attempt to avoid waste.
    居家度日，有目的地收藏某些东西是为了防止浪费。