a person, a country or an organization that has joined a particular group or team 成员◆The country is due to become a full member of the EU. 这个国家如期成为欧盟的正式成员。◆a meeting of member countries 成员国会议◆We're recruiting eight new members of staff. 我们将招聘八名新员工。◆The smaller the team, the faster the team members work. 团队越小，成员的工作速度越快。OPPnon-member ⨁board / committee / staff / team members 董事；委员；职员；队员⨁a leading / new member 主要／新成员⨁an active / a full / permanent / voting member 活跃的／正式的／永久的／有投票权的成员
a person or company that owns part of a business organization, for example by buying some of its shares 股东◆The company auditors are appointed by the members (= shareholders). 这家公司的审计师由股东任命。◆The stock exchange is owned by its member companies. 证券交易所为其会员公司所有。