Mrs. May's plan, for example, could mean the whole of the United Kingdom would be part of a European-wide customs union.

打个比方，梅的脱欧计划可能意味着整个英国都将成为覆盖整个欧洲的关税联盟的一部分。

An amendment that would have kept Britain in a customs union with the EU if no deal could be agreed by late January was rejected.

如果在1月底之前无法达成任何协议，英国将与欧盟建立关税联盟的修正案已被拒绝。

They disagree on whether Britain should remain a member of the EU single market and customs union.

他们在英国是否应该继续留在欧盟单一市场和关税同盟的问题上存在分歧。

The deal means that although the UK will leave the EU single market and customs union, trading goods will continue to be free from import taxes.

该协议意味着，尽管英国将退出欧盟单一市场和关税联盟，但贸易商品将继续免征进口税。

In a newspaper article, Mr. Johnson who campaigned for Brexit before last year's referendum says it will be a mockery of the results if Britain continues to be part of the EU's single market and customs union.

约翰逊在去年的全民公决之前就为英国脱欧积极活动，他在一篇报纸文章中说，如果英国继续作为欧盟统一市场和关税同盟的一部分，结果将会非常讽刺。

Meanwhile, as long as it remains in a customs union Britain will not even get the consolation prize of signing trade deals with other countries, something by which many Brexiteers have come to set enormous (and unwarranted) store.

与此同时，只要英国还留在关税同盟中，甚至不会获得与其他国家签订贸易协议的安慰奖，这是许多退欧派人士建立庞大(且毫无根据的)储备的原因。