membership

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being a member of a group or organization. countable,uncountable
    — The terms of membership agreement were vague.
  2. The body of members of an organization. countable,uncountable
    — The memberships of the state chapters elect delegates to the national convention.
  3. The fact of being a member of a set. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To classify (someone) as belonging to a certain group or community. transitive
    — Whatever the topic of the conversation the speaker must ‘membership’ his listener, put him into one of two or more mutually exclusive boxes. Each time a topic changes the listener must be re-membershipped, and during a conversation the same person may be membershipped as a doctor, a rugby player, a liberal, a gardener, a bridge player.

词形变化

memberships plural memberships present,singular,third-person membershipping participle,present membershipped participle,past membershipped past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English member
Proto-Germanic *skapjaną
Proto-Germanic *-skapiz
Proto-West Germanic *-skapi
Old English -sċiepe
Middle English -schipe
English -ship
English membership
From member + -ship.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English member
Proto-Germanic *skapjaną
Proto-Germanic *-skapiz
Proto-West Germanic *-skapi
Old English -sċiepe
Middle English -schipe
English -ship
English membership
From member + -ship.
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