the European Community
noun uk/jʊə.rəˌpiː.ən kəˈmjuː.nə.ti/ us/jʊr.əˌpiː.ən kəˈmjuː.nə.t̬i/ (abbreviation the EC)
欧洲经济共同体（1993年成为欧洲联盟）
the organization through which particular European governments made decisions and agreed on shared action in social and economic matters until 1993, when it became the European Union
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- In 1975 the British public voted, in a referendum, to remain in the European Community.
- The Common Agricultural Policy was set up by the European Community in 1962, to create a single market for member states.