collective

adj.集体的；共同的；集合的；集体主义的

n.[统]集体；[语]集合名词；集团

adj.

1. 集体的；共有的；共同的
   done or shared by all members of a group of people; involving a whole group or society
   1. collective leadership/decision-making/responsibility
      集体领导 / 决策；共同责任
   2. 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
2. 全体成员的；总体的
   used to refer to all members of a group
   1. 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”。

noun

1. 企业集团；合作农场；集体企业
   a group of people who own a business or a farm and run it together; the business that they run
   1. an independent collective making films for television
      为电视制作影片的独立集体企业

adj. 集体的；共同的；集合的；集体主义的 n. 集团；集合体；集合名词

名词复数形式:collectives

1. It was a collective decision
   这是集体的决定。
2. The country's politicians are already heaving a collective sigh of relief.
   该国的政界人士均已松了口气。
3. Their collective volume wasn't very large.
   他们的总量不是太大。
4. Social science is a collective name, covering a series of individual sciences.
   社会科学是一个统称，涵盖一系列的独立学科。
5. He will see that he is participating in all the decisions of the collective.
   他会确保自己参与集体企业的各项决策。
6. The drowning at Chappaquiddick, now more than 20 years ago, is still engraved in the collective memory of America.
   直至今日，二十几年前的查帕奎迪克溺亡事件仍然铭记在全体美国人心中。
7. They have been galvanised into collective action — militarily, politically and economically.
   他们在形势驱使下已经在政治、经济和军事上采取了联合行动。
8. It was a period of collective insanity, of legalized murder and mayhem.
   那是个集体丧失理智、谋杀与暴力合法化的时期。
9. This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.
   这一集体谈判原则已经成为该国劳动关系的重要基础。
10. Bruce Springsteen has re-hired his muso collective, the E Street Band.
    布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀重新组建了他的音乐团队，E街乐队。
11. She dismisses the reform process as an exercise in collective navel gazing.
    她对这场改革嗤之以鼻，认为只是无实际行动的集体空想而已。
12. He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis
    他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。
13. Don't be a discredit to the collective.
    别给集体丢脸。
14. As a result of collective effort, the difficult situation changed into a favourable one.
    经过大家的努力，困难的局面终于让位于顺利的局面。
15. Some enterprises owned by the whole people employ workers and staff originally belonging to collective enterprises.
    全民所有制企业里有集体所有制职工。
16. He takes the road of collective prosperity instead of trying to build up family fortunes.
    他走集体富裕的道路，不搞个人发家致富。
17. I do feel deeply the strength of the collective.
    我确实深深地感到了集体的力量。
18. This sort of activity damages the reputation of the collective.
    这种行为有损于集体的荣誉。
19. The collective wealth has been accumulated bit by bit.
    集体的家业是一点一滴地积攒起来的。
20. To accomplish his own end, he placed collective interests in the back of his mind.
    为了达到个人目的，他把集体利益置之脑后。
21. This success was the result of a collective effort.
    这次成功是全体努力的结果。
22. One's personal interests should be subordinated to the interests of the collective.
    个人利益应当服从集体利益。
23. A plasma is a quasineutral gas of charged and neutral particles which exhibits collective behavior.
    等离子体是带电粒子和中性粒子组成的表现出集体行为的一种准中性气体。
24. The collective nuclear fireballs cooled to yellow and then dull red.
    集群核火球冷却到黄色，然后变成暗红。
25. He who appropriates collective goods will be punished by the law!
    私吞集体财产终究会得到法律的制裁！
26. Stimulate and exploit collective value.
    刺激和利用集体价值。
27. A civilization is the collective memory of a country or a nation.
    一个国家和民族的文明是一个国家和民族的集体记忆。
28. This is a collective responsibility; all of us have a role to play.
    这是一个需要集体承担的责任，我们大家都可以发挥作用。
29. The whole collective is full of vigor and confidence.
    整个集体充满了活力和信心。
30. We must take account of the interests of the state, the collective and the individual.
    我们要兼顾国家，集体和个人的利益。