1
- done by people acting as a group集体完成（或进行）的, 集体的：
a collective protest.
集体抗议。
1.1
- belonging or relating to all the members of a group共有的; 集体（所有）的; 共同的：
ministers who share collective responsibility.
集体（或共同）负责的部长们。
1.2
- (especially of feelings or memories) common to the members of a group（尤指感情, 回忆）共同的; 共有的：
the collective wrath of the villagers.
村民们的群情激愤。
1.3
- taken as a whole; aggregate总的; 集合的; 聚集的：
the collective power of the workforce.
劳动者的集体力量。
派生词
collectively
adverbcollectiveness
nouncollectivity
noun词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'representing many individuals'）： from Old French collectif, -ive or Latin collectivus, from collect- 'gathered together', from the verb colligere （see COLLECT1）.