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🔑 unionBrE /ˈjuːniən/NAmE /ˈjuːniən/ noun🔑 (also ˌtrade ˈunion) (BrE also ˌtrades ˈunion) (NAmE also ˈlabor union) [C] an organization of workers, usually in a particular industry, that exists to protect their interests, improve conditions of work, etc. 工会◆I've joined the union. 我已经加入工会。◆a union member 工会会员 ballot, closed shop, collective bargaining, industrial action, labour, picket, protest, representative, strike, union 🔑 [C] an association or a club for people or organizations with the same interest 协会；联合会；会社；俱乐部◆the Scottish Rugby Union 苏格兰橄榄球协会 ➡ see also students' union (2) 🔑 [C] a group of states or countries that have the same central government or that agree to work together 同盟；联盟；联邦◆the former Soviet Union 前苏维埃联邦◆the European Union 欧洲联盟Union [sing.] the US (used especially at the time of the Civil War) （尤指内战时期的）美利坚合众国，美国◆the Union and the Confederacy 合众国与南部邦联◆the State of the Union address by the President 美国总统向国会发表的国情咨文🔑 [U, sing.] the act of joining two or more things together; the state of being joined together; the act of two people joining together 联合；结合；合并◆a summit to discuss economic and monetary union 商讨经济和货币联盟的高峰会议◆Northern Ireland's union with Britain 北爱尔兰同英国的联合◆sexual union 性结合 [C] (old-fashioned) a marriage 结为夫妻；婚姻◆Their union was blessed with six children. 他们婚后幸得六个儿女。 |