A unionist is a person who believes in trade unions — someone who thinks workers should organise together, and who supports union action such as bargaining and striking. It is also used as an adjective, as in "unionist leaders" or "a unionist tradition". Often it points to someone active, not just sympathetic: a union member who does the work of the union. In older writing you meet "trade unionist" a great deal, and that longer form is clearer and still common in British English.

A unionist is a person who believes in trade unionsunionist 是相信工會這回事的人, someone who thinks workers should organise together認為勞工應該團結組織起來的人, and who supports union action such as bargaining and striking並且支持工會的行動，像是談判和罷工。It is also used as an adjective這個字也可以當形容詞用, as in "unionist leaders" or "a unionist tradition"像 "unionist leaders"（工會領袖）或 "a unionist tradition"（工會傳統）。Often it points to someone active, not just sympathetic這個字通常是指真正投入的人，而不只是同情工會的人: a union member who does the work of the union是實際在做工會工作的會員。In older writing you meet "trade unionist" a great deal在比較舊的文章裡你會常碰到 "trade unionist", and that longer form is clearer and still common in British English這個較長的說法意思更清楚，在英式英文裡也還很常見。

As with unionism, the word can lean warm or cold depending on the speaker. In a friendly mouth it means a loyal, brave worker; in a hostile paper it can be a quiet way of saying "troublemaker".

As with unionism跟 unionism 一樣, the word can lean warm or cold depending on the speaker這個字帶著溫暖或冷淡的感覺，要看說話的人是誰。In a friendly mouth it means a loyal, brave worker友善的人說出來，指的是忠誠、勇敢的勞工; in a hostile paper it can be a quiet way of saying "troublemaker"在不友善的報導裡，它可能是暗指「麻煩製造者」的委婉說法。

Be careful of one thing: with a capital U, a Unionist in Northern Ireland is not a union member at all, but someone who wants Northern Ireland to stay in the UK — and there the word is also part of party names, the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party. In American history, a Unionist was someone who supported the North, keeping the United States together during the Civil War. Same spelling, three quite different people, so let the surrounding words tell you which.

Be careful of one thing要小心一點: with a capital U, a Unionist in Northern Ireland字首大寫的 Unionist 在北愛爾蘭 is not a union member at all根本不是指工會會員, but someone who wants Northern Ireland to stay in the UK而是希望北愛爾蘭繼續留在英國的人 — and there the word is also part of party names這個字在那裡也是政黨名稱的一部分, the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party像 the Ulster Unionist Party 和 the Democratic Unionist Party。In American history, a Unionist was someone who supported the North在美國歷史上，Unionist 是指支持北方的人, keeping the United States together during the Civil War在南北戰爭期間主張維持美國統一。Same spelling, three quite different people拼法相同，卻是三種完全不同的人, so let the surrounding words tell you which所以要靠上下文判斷是哪一種。