mem‧ber S1 W1 / membə $ -ər / 名词 [可数名词]
1 a person or country that belongs to a group or organization :
The majority of union members voted in favour of a strike.
member of
You can also invite members of your family.
He is a member of the local tennis club.
Register
In everyday English, people usually say there are 4/5 etc people in their family rather than saying that their family has 4/5 etc members : My family has eight members . ➔ There are eight people in my family .
2 one of a particular group of animals or plants
member of
The plant is a member of the lily family .
Wolves and domestic dogs are members of the same species .
3 British English a Member of Parliament
member for
the member for Truro
4 formal a man’s sex organ 同义词 penis
COLLOCATIONS
动词
be a member of something Lisa is a member of the hockey team.
become a member Germany became a member of N.A.T.O. in 1954.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + member
a committee/staff/family etc member Close friendships developed between crew members on the ship.
a leading member (= an important member ) a discussion between leading members of the profession
a senior/junior member (= with a higher or lower rank ) A senior member of the government has resigned.
an active member (= one who takes part in many activities of an organization ) She was an active member of the church.
a founder member (= one who helped start an organization ) He was a founder member of the African National Congress.
a staff member He became a staff member of the Institute in 2002.
a full member (= one who has all the possible rights of a member ) At that time, women were not allowed to be full members of the club.
an associate member (= one who has fewer rights than a full member ) Turkey is an associate member of the European Union.
a card-carrying member ( also a paid-up member British English ) (= an official member of an organization ) She was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party.
a life member (= one who has paid to be a member for their whole life ) a life member of the Royal Academy of Artists
an honorary member (= one who has been given membership as an honour ) He was made an honorary member of the Botanical Society.
短语
a member of a committee/of staff etc All members of staff attend regular training sessions.
a member of the public Members of the public were invited to put forward suggestions.
a member of society (= a citizen ) We want our children to become productive members of society.
member + NOUN
a member state/country/nation (= a country that belongs to an international organization ) the member states of the European Union