Collective

[kə'lektɪv] or [kə'lɛktɪv]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) members of a cooperative enterprise.

(adj.) set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; 'collective farms' .

(adj.) forming a whole or aggregate .

編輯:莎蒂--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.

(a.) Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.

(a.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.

(a.) Tending to collect; forming a collection.

(a.) Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.

(n.) A collective noun or name.

整理:肯尼思