α. 1800s– trade unionise, 1800s– trade unionize.
β. 1800s– trades unionise, 1900s– trades unionize.
单词 | trade unionize |
释义 | trade unionizev.α. 1800s– trade unionise, 1800s– trade unionize. β. 1800s– trades unionise, 1900s– trades unionize. Originally British. 1. intransitive. To join or form a trade union; to become unionized; = unionize v. 2a. Now rare.In quot. 1879 in figurative context. ΚΠ 1879 Notts. Guardian 27 June 2/3 Bees are uniting. (Nothing new, that; of course they do, when they swarm.) They are Trade-unionising. 1903 Jrnl. Trans. Victoria Inst. 35 293 We go on blundering and trade-unionising against all practical knowledge of how to do or to improve anything that is wanted. 1953 P. Viereck Shame & Glory of Intellectuals ix. 275 Fifty men, Rotarianizing or trade-unionizing together, still don't make a centipede. 2. transitive. To cause to become members of a trade union; to bring under trade union rules or organization; = unionize v. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [verb (transitive)] > unionize unionize1874 trade unionize1894 1894 Aberdeen Jrnl. 29 Sept. 4/3 Their comprehensive municipal programme by which everything is to be municipalised and trades-unionised. 1907 Eclectic Med. Jrnl. Nov. 619 There is a strenuous effort to trade-unionize the American medical profession. 1960 Times 9 Feb. 14/2 (heading) Should artists be trade unionized? 2012 Afr. News (Nexis) 18 May The draft proposes a creation of a security service as a way of weakening or trade unionising the security sector. Derivatives ˌtrade-ˈunionized adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [adjective] > enrolled in a trade union trade-unionized1900 1900 Jrnl. Educ. Mar. 211/1 Unless we keep protesting and force a change of policy, the Assistant-Masters' Association will become trade-unionized to the core. 1982 Economist 17 Apr. 51/3 Buy-outs by employees of bust and heavily trade-unionised businesses. 2011 D. Vaughan-Whitehead in M.-A. Moreau Before & After Econ. Crisis iii. 49 In Estonia, working time reduction has occurred mainly for a middle aged, trade unionized labour force. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1879 |
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