trade union

英 [ˌtreɪd ˈjuːniən]

美 [ˌtreɪd ˈjuːniən]

n.  工会

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牛津词典

noun

• 工会
  an organization of workers, usually in a particular industry, that exists to protect their interests, improve conditions of work, etc.

柯林斯词典

• 工会
  Atrade unionis an organization that has been formed by workers in order to represent their rights and interests to their employers, for example in order to improve working conditions or wages.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 labor union

英英释义

noun

• an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
  1. you have to join the union in order to get a job
  Synonym:unionlabor uniontrades unionbrotherhood

双语例句

• The trade union leader suggested to the workers that they should chuck down their tools.
  工会领袖建议工人罢工。
• The trade union organization strengthened the solidarity of its members.
  工会组织加强了会员之间的团结。
• The employers and the trade union leaders are still poles apart, and are far from reaching an agreement or compromise.
  雇员们与工会领袖们的意见仍大相径庭，根本无法达成一致或进行妥协。
• He is a full-time cadre of the trade union.
  他是工会的专职干部。
• The authorities took especial interest in him because of his trade union work.
  因为他在工会工作，官方对他特别感兴趣。
• This process is, in no sense, a divorce between the Labour Party and the trade union movement.
  这个进程绝不是工党和工会运动相脱离。
• The trade union has agreed the company's pay offer.
  工会同意了公司的付酬条件。
• He accepted the call to the chairman of the trade union.
  他应邀担任工会主席。
• The weakening of trade union membership in many countries has also removed an important institutional support.
  许多国家工会势力的削弱，也移除了一项重要的机构支持。
• The letter called for trade union freedom and civil rights, but did not openly denounce the regime
  这封信呼吁保障工会自由和公民权利，但没有公开谴责该政权。