1. | 集体的;共有的;共同的done or shared by all members of a group of people; involving a whole group or society |
collective leadership/decision-making/responsibility 集体领导╱决策;共同责任 | |
collective memory(= things that a group of people or a community know or remember, that are often passed from parents to children) 集体记忆 |
2. | 全体成员的;总体的used to refer to all members of a group |
The collective name for mast, boom and sails on a boat is the ‘rig’. 船的桅杆、帆桁和帆总称为“索具”。 |