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Unionization is the process of workers forming a union, or joining one, at a workplace — and also the resulting state of being . You will see it most in news about work and business: "unionization at the coffee chain", "a unionization drive", "a unionization vote".
Unionization is the process of workers forming a union, or joining one, at a workplaceunionization（工會化）就是員工在職場上組織或加入工會的過程 and also the resulting state of being unionized也指最後變成有工會這個狀態 You will see it most in news about work and business你最常在勞資新聞裡看到它 "unionization at the coffee chain", "a unionization drive", "a unionization vote"像「unionization at the coffee chain」、「a unionization drive」、「a unionization vote」
Two shades of meaning sit inside it. Sometimes it names the event — the campaign, the signing up, the vote to bring a union in. Sometimes it names the level: "unionization has fallen to ten percent" means only one worker in ten now belongs to a union.
Two shades of meaning sit inside it這個字裡藏著兩種細微的意思 Sometimes it names the event有時候它指的是一個事件 the campaign, the signing up, the vote to bring a union in像組織活動、報名加入、把工會引進來的表決 Sometimes it names the level有時候它指的是一個比例 "unionization has fallen to ten percent" means only one worker in ten now belongs to a union「unionization has fallen to ten percent」意思是現在十個員工裡只有一個屬於工會
It is a formal, written word, common in American reporting; British writers more often say "union membership" or "unionisation" with an s, which is the same word with British spelling. Notice that the word is neutral on its face but usually appears in an argument — companies talk about resisting unionization, workers talk about winning it.
It is a formal, written word這是個正式的書面字 common in American reporting常見於美國新聞報導 British writers more often say "union membership" or "unionisation" with an s英國作者比較常說「union membership」，或加s拼成「unionisation」 which is the same word with British spelling這其實是同一個字的英式拼法 Notice that the word is neutral on its face要注意這個字表面上是中立的 but usually appears in an argument但通常出現在爭論裡 companies talk about resisting unionization公司會談抵抗unionization workers talk about winning it工人會談贏得unionization
組成union（工會）+ -ize（使變成、使成為）+ -ation（做這件事的過程或結果）。Read it backwards to see the machine: unionize is "to make into a union", and -ation turns that action into a thing you can talk about — the unionizing.
同家族的字
- unionizethe verb it is built from — to form or join a union
- unionthe root at the bottom
- organizationsame -ize + -ation pattern: organize → organization
- modernizationsame pattern again: modern → modernize → modernization
原始詞典資料2 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。
unionizationnoun詞源 1/ˌjuːnjənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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The act of forming a trade union.
- Still, the coffee giant, which has been facing a wave of unionization efforts inside stores across the United States, was light on specifics around some of the concerns that have been raised by its employees, like scheduling.
unionizationnoun詞源 2/ʌnˌaɪənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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rarechemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesSynonym of deionization.
- In this case, the dissociation of the acid and unionization (or hydrolysis) of conjugate salt should be taken into account for calculating [H⁺] [i.e., Equation (2.39)].
- The acid or base form is the unionized form and salt form is the ionized form of the corresponding acid or base. Accordingly, ionized and unionized can be substituted in the above equations in order to calculate the amount of ionization or unionization at a particular pH value.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。