trade_union
英语
其他写法
- trades union (UK)
发音
音频 (英式)
名词
trade union(复数 trade unions 或 trades unions)
- 工会
- 2013年9月28日,Kenan Malik,“London Is Special, but Not That Special”,出自 New York Times[1]:
- When the first wave of postwar immigrants arrived in Britain in the 1950s and ’60s, it was a period of rising wages, full employment, an expanding welfare state and strong trade unions. Today, Britain’s manufacturing base has all but disappeared, working-class communities have disintegrated, unions have been neutered and the welfare state has begun to crumble.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
- 近义词: union, labour union (加拿大), labor union (北美)
使用注意
在部分地区(如英国)的官方用法中,trade union 的复数 trade unions 表示同一领域的不同工会:
- The train drivers were divided between two trade unions.
- 火车司机分属两个工会。
而 trades unions 表示不同领域的工会:
- There are hundreds of trades unions in England.
- 英格兰有数百个工会。
不过实际上,两种情况都经常用 trade unions。[1]
参考资料
- ↑ 2011, Simon Heffer, Simply English: An A-Z of Avoidable Errors, page 359
异序词
- enduration, unordinate, unrationed