collective
UK/kə'lektiv/US/kә'leiktiv/
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Definitions
adj.
Done by or shared among all the members of a group together.
集体的，共同的（全体一起做或共有的）。
n.
A business or organization owned and run jointly by its members.
（成员共同拥有经营的）集体企业，合作社。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedcollect (gather together) + -ive (having the nature of) = of things taken all together as one. Collective responsibility means the whole group, gathered into one body, shares the blame.
Root lect still carries 128 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.collective responsibility集体责任
- 2.collective decision集体决定
- 3.collective bargaining集体谈判
- 4.collective effort集体努力
Example Sentences
- 1.
The team made a collective decision to postpone the trip.
- 2.
The farmers formed a collective to sell their produce.