union

英 ['juːniən] 美 ['juːniən]

• n. 结合；工会；联盟；和睦；连接轴；【数】并，并集
• adj. 联邦政府的；工会的

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U] 联合,结合,合并

   the act of joining or state of being joined into one

2. [C] 联盟,联邦; 工会; 俱乐部

   a group of countries or state joined together; association or club formed by uniting parts, state, etc.

3. [U] 和睦,一致

   a state of agreement and unity

4. [C] 结婚,婚姻

   (unity in) marriage

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 结合，合并，联合
2. 工会
3. 联盟；联邦；同盟
4. 结婚，婚姻
5. 一致，和谐，团结，融洽
6. 协会，会社，联合会，社团
7. 学生自治会

英英释义

Noun:

1. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer;

   "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
   

2. the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War);

   "he has visited every state in the Union"
   "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"
   "the North's superior resources turned the scale"
   

3. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes;

   "the casual couplings of adolescents"
   "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
   

4. the state of being joined or united or linked;

   "there is strength in union"
   

5. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce);

   "a long and happy marriage"
   "God bless this union"
   

6. healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones

7. a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations;

   "the Soviet Union"
   

8. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets;

   "let C be the union of the sets A and B"
   

9. the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts;

   "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"
   

10. a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)

11. the act of making or becoming a single unit;

    "the union of opposing factions"
    "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
    

Adjective:

1. being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War;

   "Union soldiers"
   "Federal forces"
   "a Federal infantryman"
   

2. of trade unions;

   "the union movement"
   "union negotiations"
   "a union-shop clause in the contract"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. They had a sound basis of union.
   他们的结合有着坚实的基础。
2. He was elected the leader of the union.
   他被选为工会的领导人。
3. He has changed his stance on monetary union.
   他已经改变了对货币联盟的态度。
4. All the nationalities live together in perfect union.
   各族人民非常和睦地生活在一起。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Nine States seceded from the Union government and established their own confederate government.
   九个州脱离联邦政府,成立了自己的邦联政府。
2. Some of the union members did not want to picket.
   工会的一些会员不想担任罢工纠察员。
3. A democrat usually gets the union's endorsement.
   民主主义者通常都得到工会的支持。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Union between the two countries would be impossible.
   这两个国家的联合是不可能的。
2. In union there is strength.
   团结就是力量。
3. The president gave his speech on the state of the Union.
   总统就联邦的现状发表国情咨文。
4. The Student Union is〔are〕 holding election today.
   学生会今天举行选举。
5. They lived in unspoiled union.
   他们和睦相处。
6. God will bless this union.
   愿上帝保佑这桩婚姻。

经典引文

• The union of church and state.

  出自： E. Miall

• The..member states..hope to achieve monetary union.

  出自：Which?

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• betray the union 出卖联盟
• break up〔dissolve〕 the union 解散工会
• cement the union 加强团结
• defend〔destroy, oppose, split, support〕 a union 保卫〔破坏,反对,分裂,支持〕联盟
• effect a union 实现联合
• encourage〔hinder, promote〕 the union of 鼓励〔阻碍,促进〕…的联合
• enter in〔establish, organize〕 a union 参加〔建立,组织〕联盟
• form〔join〕 a union 组织〔加入〕工会

形容词+～

• federal〔international, national〕 union 联邦〔国际,全国〕联盟
• happy〔perfect〕 union 美满〔完美〕的婚姻
• postal union 邮政工会
• powerful〔strong〕 union 强大的组织

名词+～

• company〔craft〕 union 〈美〉公司〔同业〕工会
• credit union 存款互助会
• 〈 美〉labor〔〈英〉trade〕 union工会
• student union 学生会

介词+～

• in union 共同,一致,融洽

～+介词

• union between the two countries 两国的联合
• union with a manager 与一个经理结婚

词义辨析

n. (名词)

union, junction

• 这两个词的共同意思是“连接”“接合”。junction指两者在某一点的“连接”“接合”,也可指道路等的会合点,尤指其中一条路在此终止,还可指河流、河道的合流处; union指两者“连接”“结合”“合并”“融合”在一起,强调相互交叉渗透。

union, unity

• 这两个词都可表示“联合为一,结合为一”。前者强调结合或联合成的个体; 后者则强调由两个以上的人或物结合为一或联合成一个的单一体。

club，association，institute，league，union，society

• 这些名词均有“社团，会社，协会”之意。
• club表俱乐部或会社，其成员因志同道合，有共同兴趣、爱好而组织到一起进行社交、娱乐或体育等活动。
• association指较为正式的组织，强调兴趣和需要的一致性。
• institute指为专门的目标而建立的学会或研究所。
• league指为了共同的目的和利益而组成的社团、同盟或联合会。
• union多指工会，也指学会或协会。
• society可与association换用，但前者的宗旨更严格，会员之间联系更紧密，活动更积极。

league，federation，union，alliance

• 这些名词均含“联盟、同盟、联合会”之意。
• league普通用词，指为了共同的利益而建立的地区性、全国性或国际性的联合组织，也指民间或半官方组织的联盟。
• federation泛指用条款固定下来的一切联合，尤指联邦政府。
• union普通用词，指由若干个体结成的一个统一的整体。强调其永久性。
• alliance普通用词，指对双方均有利的任何联盟。

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的union；最初源自晚期拉丁语的unionem，意为统一、联合。

近反义词

【近义词】

• combination
• joining
• mixture
• unity

【反义词】

• division
• separation