收集 collect; gather 将杂志上的文章收集成册 collect magazine articles into volume form; 收集标本 make a collection of specimens; 开始收集外国邮票 start a collection of foreign stamps; 他拼命收集资料。 feverishly he collected his data. 他收集了一些精美的邮票。 he has a fine collection of stamps
It is pointed out in the prologue of shuo yuan that the book is classified according to their categories and those articles are listed respectively by entries . it was made up from the classical literature of pre - dynasties , but was born in the demands of that time 它是收集前代文献资料而成,但却是在现实的要求下产生的,这使得刘向的个人特征不可避免的融入其中。