单词 | membership |
释义 | membership (once / 634 pages) n Use the noun membership to describe the people who together make up a group or organization. Your secret childhood club may have had a membership consisting only of you, your brother, and your best friend. Any official group has a membership, the people who belong to it. Your high school French club has a membership, and so does the United States Congress. You can also use the word to mean "the fact of being a member," like when you brag about your membership in Mensa, the organization for people with extremely high intelligence. The root of membership is the Latin word for body part or limb, membrum. WORD FAMILYmembership: memberships+/dismember: dismembered, dismembering, dismemberment, dismembers/dismemberment: dismemberments/member: dismember, memberless, members, membership, nonmember/nonmember: nonmembers USAGE EXAMPLESPart of the migrant deal was an acceleration of membership talks, along with €3 billion and the prospect of visa-free travel for Turks to Europe. Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) My everyday needs are not unusual; that is, not any greater than what can be met with a $99 annual membership to Amazon Prime. Time(Dec 01, 2016) It is meant as a move towards EU membership, not away from it. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) 1n the state of being a member Hyper relationship a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries 2n the body of members of an organization or group they polled their membership Syn|Hyper rank body a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity |
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