collective
英 [k?'lekt?v]
美[k?'l?kt?v]
- adj. 集體的；共同的；集合的；集體主義的
- n. 集團；集合體；集合名詞
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詞態變化
復數:?collectives;副詞:?collectively;
英文詞源
- collective (adj.)
- early 15c., from Middle French collectif, from Latin collectivus, from collectus (see collect). As a noun, short for collective farm (in the USSR) it dates from 1925. collective farm first attested 1919 in translations of Lenin. Collective bargaining coined 1891 by Beatrice Webb; defined in U.S. 1935 by the Wagner Act. Collective noun is recorded from 1510s; collective security first attested 1934 in speech by Winston Churchill.
雙語例句
- 1. They have been galvanised into collective action — militarily, politically and economically.
- 他們在形勢驅使下已經在政治、經濟和軍事上采取了聯合行動。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The country's politicians are already heaving a collective sigh of relief.
- 該國的政界人士均已松了口氣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Social science is a collective name, covering a series of individual sciences.
- 社會科學是一個統稱，涵蓋一系列的獨立學科。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She dismisses the reform process as an exercise in collective navel gazing.
- 她對這場改革嗤之以鼻，認為只是無實際行動的集體空想而已。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Bruce Springsteen has re-hired his muso collective, the E Street Band.
- 布魯斯·斯普林斯汀重新組建了他的音樂團隊，E街樂隊。
來自柯林斯例句
