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collective

/kuh-lek-tiv/US // kəˈlɛk tɪv //UK // (kəˈlɛktɪv) //

集体,集体的,集体户,集合

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : formed by collection.
    • : forming a whole; combined: the collective assets of a corporation and its subsidiaries.
    • : of or characteristic of a group of individuals taken together: the collective wishes of the membership.
    • : organized according to the principles of collectivism: a collective farm.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : collective noun.
    • : a collective body; group.
    • : a business, farm, etc., jointly owned and operated by the members of a group.
    • : a unit of organization or the organization in a collectivist system.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Some still have to be negotiated with the Fraternal Order of Police, a police membership organization that engages in collective bargaining and has historically worked against police accountability.

  • Unions, which act as a sort of intermediary between workers and their employers, advocate on behalf of employees for better wages, working conditions and other benefits through collective bargaining.

  • It succeeded by putting researchers working on disparate projects on the same campus in New Jersey and harnessing their collective power.

  • Bates said workers’ rights are typically negotiated through collective bargaining, but the pandemic made a citywide ordinance necessary.

  • Spreading travelers to more destinations, rather than concentrating them into a few lucky resort spots, he says, “is more sustaining than people think,” in spite of our collective pre-Covid-19 proclivities.

  • The speaker conjures up centuries of collective sagacity, aligning oneself with an eternal, inarguable good.

  • We haven't had any real fan reaction yet, but our collective fingers are crossed.

  • The gym—a fragile collective of human ecology at the best of times—has suddenly become even more tense.

  • The trio formed the Sad Boys collective, with Sherm and Gud on production and Lean manning the mic.

  • Until recently, the hacker collective known as Lizard Squad was all but unknown.

  • A resolute push for quite a short period now might reconstruct the entire basis of our collective human life.

  • Under the present order and with the present gloomy preconceptions they have been the least of its collective cares.

  • This can be done, as with the minimum wage, partly by positive legislation and partly collective action.

  • This act is performed by the Christian church in a collective ecclesiastical capacity.

  • I can find no authority for making it a collective noun, as Bell suggests.