collective

1. ADJ Collective actions, situations, or feelings involve or are shared by every member of a group of people. 集體的[ADJ n]

It was a collective decision. 這是集體的決定。

2. collectivelyADV 集體地

They collectively decided to recognize the changed situation. 他們集體決定承認(rèn)局勢(shì)的變化。

3. ADJ A collective amount of something is the total obtained by adding together the amounts that each person or thing in a group has. 總體的[ADJ n]

Their collective volume wasn't very large. 他們總體的數(shù)量不太大。

4. collectivelyADV 總體地[ADV with v]

In 1968 the states collectively spent $2 billion on it. 1968年各州總體為此花了20億美元。

5. ADJ The collective term for two or more types of thing is a general word or expression which refers to all of them. 總的[ADJ n]

Social science is a collective name, covering a series of individual sciences. 社會(huì)科學(xué)是一個(gè)總稱，涵蓋一系列獨(dú)立學(xué)科。

6. collectivelyADV 總地[ADV with v]

...other sorts of cells (known collectively as white corpuscles). …其他幾種細(xì)胞（總稱白血球）。

7. N-COUNT A collective is a business or farm which is run, and often owned, by a group of people. 集體企業(yè); 集體農(nóng)莊[商業(yè)]

He will see that he is participating in all the decisions of the collective. 他要確保他在參與集體企業(yè)的所有決策。