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n. 组；团体
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vt. 把…聚集；把…分组

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They need to immunise teams against group-think: Hackman argued that the best ones contain deviants ( ' , 离经叛道者) who are willing to do something that may be upsetting to others.

The millennials ( ' , 千禧一代) who will soon make up half the workforce in rich countries were raised from nursery school onwards to work in groups.

Six months out, more people who had quit abruptly had stuck with it—more than one-fifth of them, compared to about one-seventh in the other group.

People in both groups used nicotine ( ' , 尼古丁) patches before they quit, in addition to a second form of nicotine replacement, like gum or spray.

Instead of giving people practice, the gradual reduction likely gave them cravings ( ' , 瘾) and withdrawal symptoms before they even reached quit day, which could be why fewer people in that group actually made it to that point.

In her study, participants were randomly ( ' , 随机地) assigned to two groups.

Group-think may be unavoidable.

Business schools grade their students in part on their performance in group projects.

Another trend that looks significant in 2015 is that America's largest population group, Millennials ( ' , 千禧一代), will continue to put off buying a house.

When he looked closer he realized it was a huge group of bees.

Whereas older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular.

Not everyone wants a driverless car now—and no one can get one yet—but among those who are open to them, every age group is similarly engaged.

It usually draws different rections from different age groups.

She primarily speaks to students in health classes, but sometimes the school will arrange for her to speak to several different groups of girls.

When I told a group of school children who displayed helpless behavior that a lack of effort led to their mistakes in math, they learned to keep trying when the problems got tough.

The principle is about understanding what is motivating to this group of players, which requires some understanding of psychology.

Nonetheless, the renewed focus on waistlines means that industry groups are under pressure to demonstrate their products are healthy as well as tasty.

Despite being unaware that there were two types of instruction, teachers reported significant motivational changes in 27% of the children in the growth mind-set workshop as compared with only 9% of students in the control group.

As a result, their math grades overtook those of the other students by the end of the first semester—and the gap between the two groups continued to widen during the two years we followed them.

Another group of helpless children who were simply rewarded for their success on easier problems did not improve their ability to solve hard math problems.

When a group of craftsmen expands to include more members, a small craft organization is formed.

Last July, the Somali group al- Shabab said it was behind theblasts in the Ugandan capital which killed more than 70people.

But the message that everyone must screen for cancer has become so deep-rooted that when health care experts recommended that women under 50 and over 74 stop screening for breast cancer, it caused a riotous reaction among doctors, patients and advocacy groups.

Ranking schools is always controversial, and this year a group of 38 superintendents(地区教育主管)from five states wrote to ask that their schools be excluded from the calculation.

The closeness this system cultivates is reinforced by the institution of "advisory" classes Teachers meet with students in groups of 25, five mornings a week, for open-ended discussions of everything from homework problems to bad Saturday-night dates.

Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell.

In August, when she first realized she had a problem, she posted a message on a Yahoo Internet addiction group with the subject line: "I have an Internet Addiction

I'm self-employed and need the Internet for my work, but I'm failing to accomplish my work,to take care of my home, to give attention to my children," she wrote in a message sent to the group.

It's about a newspaper editor who's being driven out of business by a big newspaper syndicate—you know, a group of papers owned by the same people.

I was so grateful, " Aarons says, " but I persuaded Pat to let me return the favour in my own way with season tickets to our little theater group.

Participate in group discussions

When you complete with other people in a group.

But taking a cue from health experts, a group of 19 restaurant companies are pledging to offer more-healthful menu options for children at a time when concern is growing over the role of fast food in childhood obesity(肥胖症)

It can be maintained among people of different age groups.

Some day you may be either a speaker or a listener in a situation involving people from other countries or members of minority group in North America.

In some cultures, both overseas and in some minority groups in North America, listeners are considered disrespectful if they look directly at the speaker.

"It's been postponed until 2017," says Anna Somers, the founder and CEO of The Art Newspaper and the former head of Venice in Peril, a group devoted to restoring Venetian art.

"It's been postponed until 2018," says Anna Somers, the founder and CEO of The Art Newspaper and the former head of Venice in Peril, a group devoted to restoring Venetian art.

About 15 years ago, I was invited to join a knitting group.

Another trend that looks significant in 2015 is that America's largest population group, millennials, will continue to put off buying a house.

Any social group that encourages free exchange of ideas and pursuit of knowledge is beneficial.

But it might be time to unlearn that training 一 this summer, a group of culture addicts, artists and community organizers are inviting New Yorkers to write all over the walls of an old house on Governor's Island.

Despite being unaware that there were two types of instruction, teachers reported significant motivational changes in 27% of the children in the growth mindset workshop as compared with only 9% of students in the control group.

For their part, young men 25% are more likely than young women 19% to be living in the home of another family member, a non-relative or in some type of group quarters.

given that sustained social contacts have been shown to support health and a long life, those wishing to maximize the health value of crafts might consider joining a group of like-minded folks.

He noticed a couple of days after school, that a group of kids would get together to play chess.

I for one try not to miss a single weekly meeting of my knitting group.

Instead of giving people practice, the gradual reduction likely gave them cravings 瘾 and withdrawal symptoms before they even reached quit day, which could be why fewer people in that group actually made it to that point.

Joining a debate or reading club or group is also a good idea.

Last July, the Somali group al- Shabab said it was behind the blasts in the Ugandan capital which killed more than 70 people.

six months out, more people who had quit abruptly had stuck with it—more than one-fifth of them, compared to about one-seventh in the other group.

So we work very closely with a great group of volunteers called the One Thousand Elders.

The patients were split into three groups: one group received only usual care from a physician while the other two groups received usual care from a physician plus one of two computerized CBT programs.

The remaining 22% lived in the home of another family member such as a grandparent, in-law or sibling, a non-relative, or in group quarters like college dormitories.

The study also found that within that group, misnaming occurred where the names shared initial or internal sounds, like jimmy and Joanie or John and Bob.

The study did not examine the possibility of deep psychological significance to the mistake, says psychologist David Rubin, "but it does tell us who's in and who's out of the group."

This summer, a group of culture addicts, artists and community organizers are inviting New Yorkers to write all over the walls of an old house on Governor's Island.

Those who engaged in activities that were not intellectually challenging, either in a social group or alone, did not show such improvements.

There is no best parenting style or philosophy, researchers say, and across income groups, 92% of parents say they are doing a good job at raising their children.

The demographics of that group looked quite different from those in the competition round—of the 16 video finalists, 13 were girls and eight were African-American students.

Over the next five years, the group helps the students get into other elite summer math programs, high-performing high schools, and eventually college.

In these groups, which came out of an Eastern European tradition of developing young talent, professors teach promising K-12 students advanced mathematics for several hours after school or on weekends.

When the health insurance industry was still cooperating in reform efforts, its trade group offered to provide standardized forms for automated processing.

We know the promise is there—this is a well-grounded, talented, warm-hearted group of youngsters.

The roots of his speech, given in March at the roundtable meeting of environment and energy ministers from the G20 group of nations, stretch back to 1972, and the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm.

Hunt through the reports prepared by UN agencies and development groups—many for conferences such as this year's Millennium Goals review—and you will find that the linkage between environmental protection and economic progress is a common thread.

Another, discussing national politics, said, I feel like one person can't do that much, and I get the impression most people don't think a group of people can do that much.

Researchers have been studying this group of children for decades now.

While we argue phasing out racial terminology ( ' , 术语 ) in the biological sciences, we also acknowledge that using race as a political or social category to study racism, although filled with lots of challenges, remains necessary given our need to understand how structural inequities and discrimination produce health disparities ( ' , 差异 ) between groups, Yudell said.

They do not attract the media attention the high-risk group does.

They are almost as liable to depression as the high-risk group.

The high-risk group and low-risk group are obvious.

The group that scored high on all nine of the risk behaviors was most likely to show symptoms of depression; in all, nearly 15% of this group reported being depressed, compared with just 4% of the low-risk group.

He spoke out against the idea of white and black as distinct groups, claiming that these distinctions ignored the scope of human diversity.

For the study, 325 employees spent six months taking part in ROWE, while a control group of 334 employees continued with their normal workflow.

But this third group was not only unexpected, it was so distinct and so large—nearly one third of our sample—that it became a key finding of the study.

But the invisible group wasn't far behind the high-risk set, with more than 13% of them exhibiting depression.

But a new study finds that there's another group of adolescents who are in nearly as much danger of experiencing the same psychiatric symptoms: teens who use tons of media, don't get enough sleep and have a sedentary ( ' , 不爱活动的 ) lifestyle.

Because their behaviors are not usually seen as a red flag, these young people have been dubbed the invisible risk group by the study's authors.

And 29%, the invisible risk group, scored high on three in particular: They spent five hours a day or more on electronic devices.

The leading causes of death in this age group are also changing.

One reason for the rise in deaths from Alzheimer’s disease in this group may be that developing this condition remains possible even after people beat the odds of dying from other diseases such as cancer.

But by 2014, the death rate from Alzheimer’s Disease for this age group have more than doubled, increasing from 3.8% to 8.5%, making the progressive brain disease the second leading cause of death for centenarians.

But because this population is getting larger, the number of deaths in this group is also increasing.

To one group, he was identified as African-American, and another was told he was Black .

This one was chosen because it echoed the labels of groups, such as Italian Americans and Irish Americans, that had already been freed of widespread discrimination.

They asked both groups to generate questions about important issues needed to create recovery plans.

The passive attitude we have to climate change as individuals can be altered by counting us in — and measuring us against - our peer group.

The Black group, on the other hand, put his salary at about ＄29,000, and guessed that he had only some college experience.

The African-American group estimated that he earned about ＄37,000 a year and had a two-year college degree.

Students are placed in small groups with counselors ( ' , trained seniors on campus); they have access to cultural and ethnic affinity ( ' , 联系 ) groups, tutoring centers and also have a summer orientation specifically for first-generation students ( ' , the latter being one of the most common programs for students).

Shockingly, the two groups came up with plans of similar quality ( ' , although the college students had better spelling skills).

Saying they can no longer ignore the rising prices of health care, some of the most influential medical groups in the nation are recommending that doctors weigh the costs, not just the effectiveness of treatments, as they make decisions about patient care.

One needs the designers, and perhaps the regulators, before the builders and operators, and each group of workers in training has to know there is work waiting beyond graduation.

Nijay represents a large and growing group of Americans: first-generation college students who enter school unprepared or behind.

Nearly three-quarters of the first group guessed that Mr.

It motivates you more if you know that you've got to provide feedback to a group.

Erica is proof that a great-grandmother can help to lead the revolution if you get the psychology right — in this case, by matching her enthusiasm for the environment with a fondness for organising groups.

But social scientists are most concerned about crafting messages that exploit our group mentality ( ' , 心态 ).

African Americans fare better than many other ethnic groups.

A retired member of the Public and Commercial Services Union, she is setting up one of 1,100 action groups with the support of Climate Solidarity, a two-year environmental campaign aimed at trade unionists.

A new term is created to address African AmericansAll ethnic groups share the nation's continued progress.

A job application might mention affiliations with groups such as the Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers or the National Black Employees Association, the names of which apparently have consequences, and are also beyond their members' control.

A century's worth of calculated name changes point to the fact that naming any group is a politically freighted exercise.

5 percent of the second group thought so.

( ' , Harvard, for example, boasts a six-year graduation rate for underrepresented minority groups of 98 percent)Christian Vazquez, a first-generation Yale graduate, is another exception, his success story setting him far apart from students such as Nijay.

Therefore, team building may be necessary in order to improve the group’s performance.

A group of individuals is notautomatically a team.

"A comparison point is in the 1990s battles over encryption," said Kurt Opsahl, general counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy watchdog group.

"They were able to walk fester, had improved balance, and were also able to get up out of a chair faster than the control group," Starr says.

A century's worth of calculated name changes point to the fact that naming any group is a politically freighted exercise .

A group of individuals is not automatically a team.

After six months, researchers found the high protein group had significantly improved their muscle function一almost twice as much as the control group.

After the first pair of tasks was completed, one group of participants was assigned an undemanding activity intended to cause their minds to wander.

And 29%, the "invisible risk"group, scored high on three in particular: They spent five hours a day or more on electronic devices.

As a group, "night owl" types tend to eat less healthy food and take in more calories overall than early risers.

But social scientists are most concerned about crafting messages that exploit our group mentality (心态).

Compared with other groups, I think the numbers in this group, at those 65 schools, are something like just barely more than half of the black male athletes graduate at all.

Evolutionarily speaking, people in this age group are at a stage in which they can prepare to find a mate and start their own family while separating from parents and striking out on their own.

For a follow-up analysis, he found that people whose neural reward centres were more active when they won money were also more likely to be among the group of liars一suggesting that lying may have to do with the inability to resist temptation.

For example, one study found healthy adults assigned to a high-fat diet for five days showed impaired attention, memory, and mood compared with a low-fat diet control group.

For instance, a research group here at Arizona State University recently claimed their developmental small CubeSats could cost as little as $3, 000 to put in orbit.

For the study, 325 employees spent six months taking part in ROWE, while a control group of 334 employees continued with their normal workflow.

I juggled cross-country and track schedules, newspaper staff, and my church's youth group and drama team.

In Spain, many people buy a whole leg for special group events such as Christmas.

In the meantime, 70-year-old Corliss Keith, who was in the high protein group in Starr's latest study, says the feels a big difference.

It continued the efforts, begun in 1961, by Project OSCAR—a US-based group that built and launched the very first nongovernmental satellite just four years after Sputnik.

It motivates you more if you know that you've got to provide feedback to a group.

One or two would be assigned to a group of soldiers.

Participants in the study were separated into two groups—one group was asked to eat 30 grams of protein per meal in the form of whole foods.

Seek out your teammates purposefully rather than jumping on every new group project opportunity.

Speaking from New Zealand via Skype, Moffitt explained that self-control problems were widely observed, and weren't just a feature of a small group of misbehaving kids.

The " African-American " group estimated that he earned about ＄37, 000 a year and had a two-year college degree.

The " Black " group, on the other hand, put his salary at about ＄ 29, 000, and guessed that he had only " some " college experience.

The Child Poverty Action Group says 9 out of 30 in every classroom fall below the poverty line.

The demographics of that group looked quite different from those in the competition round—of the 16 video finalists, 13 were girls and 8 were African-American students.

The group that scored high on all nine of the risk behaviors was most likely to show symptoms of depression; in all, nearly 15% of this group reported being depressed, compared with just 4% of the low-risk group.

The high-risk group and low-risk group are obvious.

The other group—the control group—was put on a typical low-calorie diet with about 50 to 60 grams of protein a day.

The passive attitude we have to climate change as individuals can be altered by counting us in—and measuring us against—our peer group.

They worry that the adolescent peer group has the power to push its members into behavior that is foolish and even dangerous.

They would send messages by field telephone to the code talker in the next group.

To one group, he was identified as "African- American," and another was told he was "Black."

We know the promise is there—this is a well-grounded, talented, warmhearted group of youngsters.

A group of people sitting in the hall stopped talking and stared at us.

A tool developed just a couple of years ago by a young farmer, Jonathan Dysinger, in Tennessee, with a small loan from a local slow money group.

Additionally, group exercise creates a community feel and the shared common goal motivates participants to work hard.

After reading some history books on how the first group of Chinese immigrants survived in America of the 19th century, she has become keen on her own family history and that of others.

And on Friday, the music group will meet to prepare for the school performance.

And they come to Lehanne's group just to learn to say what they feel.

Another beneficial aspect of group exercise is the informational support participants receive from the instructor.

Another group built something out of their own imaginations.

Another group of folks is needed to help market the event.

Are we still going to have group study tonight?

As one group of workers carried out the rubbish, another group began removing seats and other theater equipment in preparation for the building's end.

But arts groups bring broader value to our communities.

But in order to stay in business, arts groups must produce returns.

By the time the group got up to leave, it was pouring outside.

CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known lasalle quartet, CCM's philharmonic orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting baroque through modern music.

Chris lewis will explain how brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early "civil engineers".

Com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.

Even though there is a common spirit among all music groups, they make very different music.

Group exercise is challenging, yet fun and empowering! of course everyone knows that exercise is good for the body.

Group exercise is one of the most effective ways to improve physical fitness and sustain a healthy lifestyle.

How big is your research group, Alice?

How many members are there in Alice's group now?

How much should a member of a tour group pay to visit to Hall & Cardens?

However, studies have shown that when exercise is performed in groups, it's not only great for improving physical health but for psychological health.

However, the research—involving eight groups of 32 children aged 8 to 12 — suggested that as they headed toward their teens, they became increasingly anxious online.

However, those in the 10 to 12 age group were "concerned with how many people like their posts", suggesting a "need" for social recognition that gets stronger the older they become.

I was afraid that to speak in front of a larger group of people.

If you feel you can relate, then group training is an even better option for you.

If you're tired of wandering around the gym wasting time and becoming bored, you can attend an upbeat group fitness class that'll keep your workout on track.

In the depths of the French Guianese rainforest, there still remain unusual groups of indigenous people.

Individuals or groups may enter one of the following categories.

It has two groups of actors.

It is wrong to assume arts groups cannot make a profit.

Join a small group bike tour for an evening of exploration in the heart of Washington, D.C.

Later, the second group remembered the information better.

Many of our conversations are gossip, I have noticed three effects of gossip: It can hurt people, it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction, and it can cause social pressures in a group.

Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals.

Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa, climbing it is no small task, especially for a group of seven who are all disabled in some way.

On march 19, Dennis got a group text informing him that a couple he didn't know were at the hospital, waiting for the arrival of a baby.

One group was asked to seek out an interaction with its waiter; the other, to speak only when necessary.

People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.

Persons in other cultural groups value silence and view it as necessary for understanding a person's needs.

Professor david Wilson explains that gossip is important in policing behaviors in a group.

Put a group of strangers in a room together, and they'll probably start a conversation.

Set up reading groups for them.

Silence may be viewed by some cultural groups as extremely uncomfortable; therefore attempts may be made to fill every gap 间隙 with conversation.

Similarly, hearing the latest rumor can make a person feel like part of the "in group.

That's the message from a group of members of the UK government who have been examining how social media firms like Linkedin gather and use social media data.

The bay was bathed in sunshine, and there was a group of kayakers around 150m off the shore.

The debating group will meet today.

The first group did not try to remember the information.

The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information.

The girl used to be shy, but is gradually getting active in group work and is more willing to express herself.

The meaning of silence varies among cultural groups.

The research group produced two reports based on the survey, but neither contained any useful suggestions.

The second group did not understand the information.

The second group understood that the computer would not save it.

The students feel that they belong to a particular group.

The two groups remembered the information equally well.

There is only one more day to go before your favorite music group play live.

They actively seek to be part of a "we", a group that intends to work toward a shared goal.

They are completely fearless and will readily take on a creature much larger than themselves, attacking in large groups and overcoming their target.

They began as a modestly successful musician group and ended the year as show business legends传说.

Think of the people who belong to book groups.

This small group bike tour is a fantastic way to see the world-famous cherry trees with beautiful flowers of Washington, D.C.

Through the summer employment opportunities program, students are hired each year in a variety of summer positions across the provincial public service, its related agencies and community groups.

Unlike authoritarian management, some cultures, particularly in asia, are well known for the consultative nature of decision-making—all members of the department or work group are asked to contribute to this process.

We are finally waking up to the severity of the problem by supporting and developing a group of tools, apps and approaches intended to prevent scammers from getting through.

When the world was sill populated by hunter-gatherers, small tightly knit groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other.

These groups mainly rely for instilling needed dispositions into the young upon the same sort of association which keeps the adults loyal to their group.

In undeveloped social groups, we find very little formal teaching and training.

” Yet bank shares rose and the changes enhance what one lobby group politely calls “the use of judgment by management.

Within two weeks, he was talking for the first time with the board of Hartford Financial Services Group, which named him CEO and chairman on September 29.

There’s no doubt that our peer groups exert enormous influence on our behavior.

The teachers’ unions keep an eye on schools, the CCPOA on prisons and a variety of labor groups on health care.

Far less certain, however, is how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions.

Even after the advent of widespread social media, a pyramid of production remains, with a small number of people uploading material, a slightly larger group commenting on or modifying that content, and a huge percentage remaining content to just consume.

But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the word.

But, the force of geographic conditions peculiar to America, the interplay of the varied national groups upon one another, and the sheer difficulty of maintaining old-world ways in a raw, new continent caused significant changes.

Across the Atlantic came successive groups of Englishmen, Frenchmen, Germans, Scots, Irishmen, Dutchmen, Swedes, and many others who attempted to transplant their habits and traditions to the new world.

This impact will not only be through the publications in Science itself, but hopefully through a larger group of publishing places that may want to model their approach after Science.

Giovanni Parmigiani, a biostatistician at the Harvard School of Public Health, a member of the SBoRE group.

Officials must not be allowed to play favorites in providing information or in arranging meetings simply because an individual or group provides a campaign donation or a personal gift.

A small but vocal group of Hawaiians and environments have long viewed their presence as disrespect for sacred land and a painful reminder of the occupation of what was once a sovereign nation.

But postal special-interest groups seem to have killed it, at least in the House.

And interest groups ranging from postal unions to greeting-card makers exert self-interested pressure on the USPS's ultimate overseer-Congress-insisting that whatever else happens to the Postal Service, aspects of the status quo they depend on get protected.

A survey by Barna research group found the top reason given by Americans for the fake news phenomenon is “reader error”, more so than made-up stories or factual mistakes in reporting.

"This indicates there is a real personal responsibility in counteracting this problem," says Roxanne Stone, editor in chief at Barna Group.

A group of labour MPs, among them Yvette Cooper, are bringing in the new year with a call to institute a UK "town of culture" award.

A survey by Barna research group found the top reason given by Americans for the fake news phenomenon is " reader error," more so than made- up stories or factual mistakes in reporting.

But a group of researchers at Stanford University, led by Ilan Kroo, has suggested that airlines could take a more naturalistic approach to cutting jet-fuel use and it would not require them to buy new aircraft.

But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their li

I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room—a women group that had invited men to join them.

In many such cases, a cursory search for causes finds that some small group of people was wearing, promoting, or developing whatever it is before anyone else paid attention.

The biotechnology Industry Organisation, a trade group, assured members that this was just a "preliminary step" in a longer battle.

The other issue is that many children-especially older ones-may base their real estate knowledge on HGTV shows, said Aaron Norris of The Norris Group in riverside, Calif.

Whether the separation distances involved would satisfy air-traffic-control regulations is another matter although a working group at the International civil Aviation Organisation has included the possibility of formation flying in a blueprint for new ope

within two weeks, he was talking for the first time with the board of Hartford financial Services Group, which named him CEO and chairman on September 29.