col·lec·tive
adjective/kəˈlektɪv/
/kəˈlektɪv/
[usually before noun]- done or shared by all members of a group of people; involving a whole group or society
集体的；共有的；共同的 - collective leadership/decision-making/responsibility
集体领导／决策；共同责任 - collective memory (= things that a group of people or a community know or remember, that are often passed from parents to children)
集体记忆
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc1, People in societyc1- It was formed as a permanent association of employers to represent their collective interests.
它是作为雇主的常设协会而成立的，代表他们的集体利益。 - MPs heaved a collective sigh of relief when the news was announced last night.
昨晚消息发布时，下院议员一起如释重负地松了口气。 - The austerities of wartime Europe were still fresh in the collective memory.
战时欧洲的艰苦生活在公众的集体记忆中仍然鲜活。 - There has to be a balance between individual choice and collective responsibility.
个人选择和集体责任之间必须取得平衡。 - We encourage collective decision-making about patient care, involving medical staff, the patient and family.
我们鼓励医务人员、患者和家人参与有关患者护理的集体决策。
- collective leadership/decision-making/responsibility
- used to refer to all members of a group
全体成员的；总体的 - The collective name for mast, boom and sails on a boat is the ‘rig’.
船的桅杆、帆桁和帆总称为“索具”。
- The collective name for mast, boom and sails on a boat is the ‘rig’.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘representing many individuals’): from Old French collectif, -ive or Latin collectivus, from collect- ‘gathered together’, from the verb colligere, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’.