The term 'industrial democracy' is often used as a synonym for worker participation.是什么意思？

The term 'industrial democracy' is often used as a synonym for worker participation.

“工业民主”这个词常被用作“工人参与”的同义词。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

term

n. 学期，条款，术语，期限；vt. 把…称为，把…叫做；

例句
What a crazy scheme, and I use that term advisedly.
这是个多么疯狂的计划，我用了那个词是斟酌过的。

industrial

adj. 工业的，产业的，从事工业的，供工业用的，来自勤劳的；n. 工业股票，工业工人；

例句
Japan has advanced from a rural, feudal society to an urban, industrial power.
日本已从封建农业社会发展成一个城市化工业强国。

is

vt.& vi. 是（be的三单形式；n. 存在；

例句
Bollinger 'RD' is a rare, highly prized wine.
博林格RD香槟是一种名贵的备受推崇的葡萄酒。

often

adv. 常常，经常，时常，再三；

例句
Genetic abnormalities are more often associated with faults in paternal DNA than in maternal DNA.
相对于母本DNA,基因畸变往往更多地与父本DNA上的缺陷相关。

used

adj. 用过的，习惯于，二手的，旧的；v. 使用（ use的过去式和过去分词），常常，经常；

例句
The gym can be used by both able-bodied and disabled people.
这家健身房健全和残障人士都可使用。

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

synonym

n. 同义词；

例句
The term 'industrial democracy' is often used as a synonym for worker participation.
“工业民主”这个词常被用作“工人参与”的同义词。

for

prep. 为，为了，倾向于，关于，当作；conj. 因为，由于；

例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。

worker

n. 工人，员工，劳动者，[虫]工蜂，工蚁；

例句
A worker was decapitated when a lift plummeted down the shaft on top of him...
电梯沿着电梯井垂直坠落，把一名工人砸得身首异处。

participation

n. 参加，参与，分享；

例句
...orienting students to new ways of thinking about their participation in classroom learning...
使学生熟悉参与课堂教学的新思维方式