trade union
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名詞
编辑trade union (複數 trade unions 或 trades unions)
- 工會
- 2013年9月28日, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, 出自 New York Times[1]:
- When the first wave of postwar immigrants arrived in Britain in the 1950s and ’60s, it was a period of rising wages, full employment, an expanding welfare state and strong trade unions. Today, Britain’s manufacturing base has all but disappeared, working-class communities have disintegrated, unions have been neutered and the welfare state has begun to crumble.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 近義詞:union, labour union (加拿大), labor union (加拿大、美國)
使用注意
编辑在部分地區(如英國)的官方用法中,trade union 的複數 trade unions 表示同一領域的不同工會:
- The train drivers were divided between two trade unions.
- 火車司機分屬兩個工會。
而 trades unions 表示不同領域的工會:
- There are hundreds of trades unions in England.
- 英格蘭有數百個工會。
不過實際上,兩種情況都經常用 trade unions。[1]
參考資料
编辑- ↑ 2011, Simon Heffer, Simply English: An A-Z of Avoidable Errors, page 359