collective

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復(fù)數(shù):?collectives;副詞:?collectively;

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.

1. They have been galvanised into collective action — militarily, politically and economically.: 他們?cè)谛蝿?shì)驅(qū)使下已經(jīng)在政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)和軍事上采取了聯(lián)合行動(dòng)。

2. The country's politicians are already heaving a collective sigh of relief.: 該國(guó)的政界人士均已松了口氣。

3. Social science is a collective name, covering a series of individual sciences.: 社會(huì)科學(xué)是一個(gè)統(tǒng)稱(chēng)，涵蓋一系列的獨(dú)立學(xué)科。

4. She dismisses the reform process as an exercise in collective navel gazing.: 她對(duì)這場(chǎng)改革嗤之以鼻，認(rèn)為只是無(wú)實(shí)際行動(dòng)的集體空想而已。

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(lè)團(tuán)隊(duì)，E街樂(lè)隊(duì)。