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1. V-T When you collate pieces of information, you gather them all together and examine them. 整理檢點(diǎn) (信息)

Roberts has spent much of his working life collating the data on which the study was based. 羅伯茨花費(fèi)很多工作時(shí)間來整理檢點(diǎn)數(shù)據(jù)，以此作爲(wèi)該研究的基礎(chǔ)。

2. V-T If someone, or something such as a photocopier, collates pieces of paper, they put them together in the correct order. 整理 (紙張)

They took sheets of paper off piles, collated them and put them into envelopes. 他們從紙堆中拿出一遝一遝的紙，整理好竝放入信封中。