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英语单词 union
英美音标 英 ['juːniən] 美 ['juːniən]
中文释义 n.结合;工会;联盟;和睦;连接轴;【数】并,并集
adj.联邦政府的;工会的
英语例句 (1) They had a sound basis of union.
(2) He was elected the leader of the union.
(3) He has changed his stance on monetary union.
(4) All the nationalities live together in perfect union.
(5) Some of the union members did not want to picket.
(6) A democrat usually gets the union's endorsement.
中文例句 (1) 他们的结合有着坚实的基础。
(2) 他被选为工会的领导人。
(3) 他已经改变了对货币联盟的态度。
(4) 各族人民非常和睦地生活在一起。
(5) 工会的一些会员不想担任罢工纠察员。
(6) 民主主义者通常都得到工会的支持。
vocabulary简明 A union is things coming together, or uniting, to make one. When the thirteen colonies that became the United States came together, they formed a union. Marriage is another kind of union.
vocabulary扩展 Workers come together to form trade unions so that together they can have a stronger voice negotiating with their employer. The word famously occurs in the Preamble (the introduction) to the United States Constitution: "We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union...do ordain and establish this Constitution...." You may recognize the Latin root unum in union, as in e pluribus unum "from many, one," the motto on the seal of the United States.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]工会 A union is a workers' organization which represents its members and which aims to improve things such as their working conditions and pay.
  • I feel that women in all types of employment can benefit from joining a union.

    我认为女性无论从事什么工作,加入工会都是有好处的。

  • ...union officials.

    工会官员

2
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]联合;合并 When the union of two or more things occurs, they are joined together and become one thing.
  [oft N with/of n]
  • In 1918 the Romanian majority in this former tsarist province voted for union with Romania.

    1918年,这个前沙皇统治的省份中占了多数的罗马尼亚人投票赞成与罗马尼亚合并。

3
[N-SING 单数名词]联盟;联合体 When two or more things, for example countries or organizations, have been joined together to form one thing, you can refer to them as a union .
  [usu with supp]
  • Tanzania is a union of the states of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

    坦桑尼亚是坦噶尼喀和桑给巴尔两个政体组成的联合国家。

  • ...the question of which countries should join the currency union.

    关于哪些国家应该加入货币联盟的问题

4
[N-COUNT 可数名词]婚姻 The marriage of two people is sometimes referred to as a union .
  [usu sing]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Even Louis began to think their union was not blessed in the eyes of God.

    就连路易斯都开始认为他们的婚姻并没有受到上帝的祝福。

5
[N-IN-NAMES 名称名词](用于名称中)俱乐部,协会,联合会 Union is used in the name of some clubs, societies, and organizations.
  • The naming of stars is at the discretion of the International Astronomical Union.

    给星体命名是由国际天文学联合会决定的。

  • ...the Mothers' Union.

    母亲联合会

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