gang

Compared meaning: a group of people (noun).

比较义项：一群人（有共同身份或共同行动的一伙人）（名词）。

• crew

  Crew refers to a team organized for a shared task, such as sailors, cabin staff or filmmakers; the tone is neutral to positive and fits formal or everyday work contexts.

  crew指为完成某项任务而组织起来的团队，如船员、机组人员或摄制组；语气中性偏正面，常用于正式或日常的工作场合。

  The flight crew greeted passengers warmly as they boarded the plane.

  机组人员热情地迎接登机的乘客。

• gang 本词

  Gang suggests an informal, often disorderly or disreputable group, commonly of young people or criminals; the tone is casual to negative, unlike neutral words for an organized team.

  gang指非正式的、往往带有捣乱或不良色彩的一伙人，常指青少年或罪犯团伙；语气随意偏负面，不同于表示有组织团队的中性词。

  A noisy gang of teenagers hung around the corner store every evening.

  一群吵闹的青少年每天傍晚都聚在街角商店附近。

Both words mean a group of people. Crew means a team organized for a task, like sailors or film staff; the tone is neutral to formal. Gang suggests an informal, often disorderly or criminal group, usually young people; the tone is casual to negative.

这两个词都可以表示“一群人”，但语气和场合不同：crew强调为完成某项任务而组织起来的团队，语气中性偏正式；gang多指非正式聚集、常带捣乱或违法色彩的一伙人，语气随意且偏负面。这里不比较 gang 作动词的“联合起来（对付某人）”（gang up on）这一用法。

Compared meaning: an organized group, often criminal (noun).

比较义项：团伙（名词）。

• ring

  Suggests a secretive, tightly organized group running an illegal operation, almost always paired with a noun like drug, spy, or smuggling; it rarely describes a loose or violent street group.

  ring 强调组织严密、从事秘密非法活动的团伙，几乎总是与 drug（毒品）、spy（间谍）、smuggling（走私）等词搭配使用；很少用来指松散或带有暴力性质的街头团伙。

  Interpol finally broke up a ring smuggling exotic animals across borders.

  国际刑警组织终于捣毁了一个跨境走私珍稀动物的团伙。

• gang 本词

  The everyday, general word for an organized group, often but not only involved in crime or violence; it commonly describes street groups of young people and even fights or attacks together.

  gang 是更常用、更通用的词，指有组织的团伙，常常（但不限于）从事犯罪或暴力活动；它常用来指街头的青少年团伙，甚至会一起打架、袭击他人。

  A rival gang attacked him outside the school gates.

  一个敌对帮派在校门外袭击了他。

Ring and gang can both mean an organized group. Ring suggests a secretive group running illegal activity, like a drug ring. Gang is the everyday word for an organized group, often criminal, and used for young people's street groups. Their other meanings are not compared.

这两个词在“团伙”这一意义上是近义词，但语气和典型语境不同：ring 强调组织严密、从事秘密非法活动（如走私、间谍等）的团伙；gang 是更常见的日常用词，除指犯罪团伙外，也常指街头的青少年群体，甚至可以指普通的一群人。此处不比较 ring 的“戒指”“铃声”等其他意义，也不比较 gang 用作动词（gang up，联合起来对付某人）的用法。