核心畫面

Picture a group of people and one thing in front of them — a decision, a memory, a field. Instead of the thing belonging to any single person, a line is drawn around the whole group and the thing sits inside that line. Collective can be thought of as the word that draws the line: it says 'count this as the group's, not as anyone's in particular'. Once the line is drawn, the group itself can also be named by it — which is how the adjective turns into a noun.

可以想成一群人,前面擺著一樣東西——一個決定、一段記憶、一塊田。這樣東西不歸其中任何一個人,而是有人在整群人外面畫了更多收起可以想成一群人,前面擺著一樣東西——一個決定、一段記憶、一塊田。這樣東西不歸其中任何一個人,而是有人在整群人外面畫了一個圈,把東西放在圈裡面。collective 可以想成就是那個畫圈的動作:它宣告「這要算在整群人頭上,不是算在誰身上」。而圈一旦畫出來,圈本身也可以拿這個字來稱呼——形容詞就是這樣變成名詞的。

Two branches

算在整群人頭上的

形容詞用法就是核心畫面本身:把某樣東西的歸屬從個人移到整體。

shared by a group · adjective · B2

Shared by or belonging to every member of a group, not just one person.

共同的

共有共營的那一群人/那個場所

把畫好的那個圈直接當成一樣東西來稱呼。既然裡面的一切都算大家的,這個圈本身也就成了一個看得見的單位:先是圈裡的那群人,再來是他們一起經營的那塊地方。

a worker cooperative · noun · B2

A group of people who run a business or farm together and share what they earn equally.

合作團體

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

collectiveadj/kəˈlɛktɪv/

  • 1

    Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.

    • the collective body of a nation
  • 2

    Tending to collect; forming a collection.

    • Local is his throne […] to fix a point, / A central point, collective of his sons.
  • 3

    Having plurality of origin or authority.

  • 4

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsExpressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.

  • 5

    obsoleteDeducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.

    • critical and collective reason

collectivenoun/kəˈlɛktɪv/

  • 1

    A farm owned by a collection of people.

  • 2

    One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.

  • 3

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsA collective noun or name.

  • 4

    A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.

    • There are, however, a number of contemporary artists and art collectives that have defined their practice precisely around the facilitation of dialogue among diverse communities.
    • Critical Art Ensemble is one of many art collectives operating on the principle that information is power and that it is most effectively made available through a combination of science and aesthetics.
  • 5

    The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent.

    • A pilot normally holds the collective stationary until the helicopter stops; however, to get more braking action, lower the collective slightly. Keep in mind that, due to the increased ground friction when the collective is lowered or[…]
    • Hover height, rate of ascent, and the rate of descent are controlled by using the collective. Helicopter position and the direction of travel are controlled by the cyclic.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。