新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

collective

英  [kəˈlektɪv]
    

[ADJ, NOUN]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1集体的

    Collective actions, situations, or feelings involve or are shared by every member of a group of people.

    近义词

    joint

    双语例句

    例:

    It was a collective decision.

    这是集体的决定。

    2总体的

    A collective amount of something is the total obtained by adding together the amounts that each person or thing in a group has.

    近义词

    combined

    双语例句

    例:

    Their collective volume wasn't very large.

    他们总体的数量不太大。

    3总的

    The collective term for two or more types of thing is a general word or expression which refers to all of them.

    双语例句

    例:

    Social science is a collective name, covering a series of individual sciences.

    社会科学是一个总称,涵盖一系列独立学科。

    NOUN. 名词
  • collectives

    1[C 可数名词] 集体企业 , 集体农庄

    A collective is a business or farm which is run, and often owned, by a group of people.

    近义词

    cooperative

    双语例句

    例:

    He will see that he is participating in all the decisions of the collective.

    他要确保他在参与集体企业的所有决策。