union

1. N-COUNT A union is a workers' organization which represents its members and which tries to improve things such as their working conditions and pay. 工會

Do all teachers have a right to join a union?

所有的教師都有權(quán)利加入工會嗎？

2. N-UNCOUNT When the union of two or more things occurs, they are joined together and become one thing. 合并

In 1918 the Romanian majority in this former czarist province voted for union with Romania. 1918年，這個(gè)前沙俄省份的大多數(shù)羅馬尼亞人投票支持與羅馬尼亞合并。

3. N-SING When two or more things, for example countries or organizations, have been joined together to form one thing, you can refer to them as a union. 聯(lián)盟

Tanzania is a union of the states of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. 坦桑尼亞是坦噶尼喀州和桑給巴爾州的聯(lián)盟。