collective /kəˈlɛktɪv/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ Collective actions, situations, or feelings involve or are shared by every member of a group of people. 集体的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  It was a collective decision.

  这是集体的决定。

• 2. 

  collectively ADV 集体地

  例：

  They collectively decided to recognize the changed situation.

  他们集体决定承认局势的变化。

• 3. 

  ADJ A collective amount of something is the total obtained by adding together the amounts that each person or thing in a group has. 总体的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Their collective volume wasn't very large.

  他们总体的数量不太大。

• 4. 

  collectively ADV 总体地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  In 1968 the states collectively spent $2 billion on it.

  1968年各州总体为此花了20亿美元。

• 5. 

  ADJ The collective term for two or more types of thing is a general word or expression which refers to all of them. 总的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Social science is a collective name, covering a series of individual sciences.

  社会科学是一个总称，涵盖一系列独立学科。

• 6. 

  collectively ADV 总地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  ...other sorts of cells (known collectively as white corpuscles).

  …其他几种细胞（总称白血球）。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT A collective is a business or farm which is run, and often owned, by a group of people. 集体企业; 集体农庄 [商业]

  例：

  He will see that he is participating in all the decisions of the collective.

  他要确保他在参与集体企业的所有决策。