trade_union是什么意思_trade_union读音|解释_trade_union同义词|反义词

trade_union

英语

其他写法

  • trades union (UK)

发音

名词

trade union(复数 trade unions trades unions

  1. 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

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

  1. 2011, Simon Heffer, Simply English: An A-Z of Avoidable Errors, page 359

异序词

  • enduration, unordinate, unrationed