trade union

参见：trade-union

英语

其他写法

• trades union (英国)

发音

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名词

trade union (复数 trade unions 或 trades unions)

1. 工会
   • 2013 9月 28, 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.

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   近义词： union, labour union (加拿大), labor union (加拿大、美国)

使用注意

在部分地区（如英国）的官方用法中，trade union 的复数 trade unions 表示同一领域的不同工会：

The train drivers were divided between two trade unions.

火车司机分属两个工会。

而 trades unions 表示不同领域的工会：

There are hundreds of trades unions in England.

英格兰有数百个工会。

不过实际上，两种情况都经常用 trade unions。

异序词

• enduration, unordinate, unrationed