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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- collective [kə 'lεktɪv] [kə 'lektɪv]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- collective [kə'lεktɪv]
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1.
adj
formed or assembled by collection
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2.
adj
forming a whole or aggregate
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3.
adj
of, done by, or characteristic of individuals acting in cooperation
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4.
n
a cooperative enterprise or unit, such as a collective farm
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5.
n
the members of such a cooperative
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6.
n
short for collective noun
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1.
adj
formed or assembled by collection
Examples
- the collective effort of the students
- 学生们的共同努力 → collective
- a collective farm
- 集体农庄 → collective
- 我公司依然属于集体所有制企业, 归集体所有。
- Our company is still an enterprise of collective ownership, belonging to the collective. → 集体所有制
- 党委制
- the Party committee system (a system for ensuring collective leadership in the Party) → 党委
- 集体的事，我们该当尽力。
- It's for the collective and we should do our best. → 该当
- 集体的智慧
- collective wisdom → 集体
- 集体创作
- collective effort in literary or artistic creation → 集体
- 集体观念
- collective spirit → 集体
- 他的所作所为简直是在给我们集体脸上抹黑。
- What he did is simply bringing shame on our collective. → 抹黑
- 他那么着是为了集体。
- He did it for the collective. → 那么着
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