unionize

IPA/ˈjuːniənaɪz/
KK[jˈunjənˌaɪz]IPA/ˈjuːniənaɪz/

unionize — 動詞

  • unionizepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • unionizeshe / she / it
  • unionizedpast simple
  • unionizing-ing form

1. to help employees at a company act together so they can create a union and join

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

推動工會化

協助員工組成並加入工會

to help employees at a company act together so they can create a union and join it

例句

Camila helped unionize the hotel staff after managers cut sick pay.

Camila 在管理層削減病假薪資後，協助飯店員工推動工會化。

unionize + workforce

A national union is trying to unionize drivers at the delivery depot.

一個全國性工會正試著推動那個配送站的司機工會化。

unionize + workers at a workplace

常見搭配
  • unionize workers
  • unionize the staff
  • unionize a workplace
同義詞
  • organize

    Broader; it can mean arrange people for many goals, not only union membership.

  • mobilize

    Focuses on getting people ready to act, even when no union is created.

  • recruit

    Emphasizes persuading individual people to join, not changing the whole workplace.

反義詞
  • deunionize

    Means remove or weaken union presence in a workplace.

文法句型

unionize workers

unionize a workplace

be unionized by + group

用法筆記

Object is usually the workers or workplace being brought into a union. Distinguish from JOIN A UNION (sense 2): this sense usually describes organizers or leaders helping other employees do it.

常見錯誤

The staff unionized the union last spring.
The staff unionized the warehouse last spring.
the object is the workplace or workers being brought into the union, not the union itself.

2. to start a union with other workers, or to sign up with one that already exists

2.動詞不及物C1
釋義

組工會

員工自己成立或加入工會

to start a union with other workers, or to sign up with one that already exists

例句

After the layoffs, the nurses unionized and elected two workplace representatives.

裁員後，護理師們組工會，並選出兩名職場代表。

intransitive: workers unionize together

Baristas at the airport unionized when weekend shifts kept getting longer.

機場裡的咖啡師因為週末班越排越長而組工會了。

unionize after pressure at work

常見搭配
  • unionize after layoffs
  • unionize over pay
  • unionize at the workplace
同義詞
  • organize

    Broader; workers can organize around many goals without joining a union.

  • band together

    More general and informal; it does not require a formal union.

  • unionise

    The standard British spelling of the same verb.

反義詞

文法句型

workers unionize

unionize after + event

unionize over + issue

用法筆記

Subject is usually a group of employees at one workplace, not one person acting alone. Distinguish from ORGANIZE WORKERS (sense 1): here the workers themselves become union members instead of someone organizing them.

常見錯誤

I unionized last week by myself.
Our team unionized last week.
this verb normally describes workers acting together, not one person alone.

同根字

  • union
    名詞B2
  • unionized
    形容詞C1
  • unionization
    名詞C1
  • deunionize
    動詞C2

常見搭配

常用片語

  • become unionized