gather n．集合，聚集 vi．集合，聚集 vt. 使聚集，搜集，積聚，推斷
例句：A crowd gathered to see what had happened in the street.
一群人聚攏起來看發生了什么事。

disperse v．（使）分散，（使）散開，疏散
例句：The police fired into the air in an attempt to disperse the crowd gathered with curiosity.
警察朝天開槍，企圖驅散因好奇而聚集的人群。

dissipate v．驅散，（使）（云、霧、疑慮等）消極，浪費（金錢或時間）
例句：The crowd soon dissipated when the police with guns arrived.
帶槍的警察一到現場，人群便四散離去。

converge v．聚合，集中于一點 vt．會聚
例句：Our previously opposed views are beginning to converge.
我們原來相互對立的觀點開始趨于一致。

verge v．瀕臨 n．邊緣
例句：A few more months, the company will be on the verge of bankruptcy.
再過幾個月，這家公司就將瀕臨破產的邊緣。