union翻译成中文_union是什么意思

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

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

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

Synonym: sumjoin

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

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

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

10. the state of being joined or united or linked

e.g.there is strength in union