名词
1. 工会
A union is a workers' organization which represents its members and which aims to improve things such as their working conditions and pay.
2. 联合；合并
When the union of two or more things occurs, they are joined together and become one thing.
3. 联盟；联合体
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 .
4. 婚姻
The marriage of two people is sometimes referred to as a union .
5. （用于名称中）俱乐部，协会，联合会
Union is used in the name of some clubs, societies, and organizations.
1. the act of making or becoming a single unit
e.g. the union of opposing factions
he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays
Synonym: unificationunitingconjugationjointure
2. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
e.g. the casual couplings of adolescents
the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
Synonym: couplingmatingpairingconjugationsexual union
3. a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
4. the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
e.g. lightning produced an unusual union of the metals
5. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
e.g. let C be the union of the sets A and B
6. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
e.g. you have to join the union in order to get a job
Synonym: labor uniontrade uniontrades unionbrotherhood
7. a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
e.g. the Soviet Union
8. healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
Synonym: conglutination
9. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
e.g. a long and happy marriage
God bless this union
Synonym: marriagematrimonyspousal relationshipwedlock
10. the state of being joined or united or linked
e.g. there is strength in union
Synonym: unification