collective
英 [k?'lekt?v]
美[k?'l?kt?v]
- adj. 集体的；共同的；集合的；集体主义的
- n. 集团；集合体；集合名词
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词态变化
复数:?collectives;副词:?collectively;
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. They have been galvanised into collective action — militarily, politically and economically.
- 他们在形势驱使下已经在政治、经济和军事上采取了联合行动。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The country's politicians are already heaving a collective sigh of relief.
- 该国的政界人士均已松了口气。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Social science is a collective name, covering a series of individual sciences.
- 社会科学是一个统称，涵盖一系列的独立学科。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. She dismisses the reform process as an exercise in collective navel gazing.
- 她对这场改革嗤之以鼻，认为只是无实际行动的集体空想而已。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Bruce Springsteen has re-hired his muso collective, the E Street Band.
- 布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀重新组建了他的音乐团队，E街乐队。
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