Noun The family is the basic unit of society. The search party broke up into smaller units. Their army unit guarded the border. Feet and meters are units of length. The dollar is the principal unit of American currency.
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The water heater was replaced last month and is now an efficient tankless unit. James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 17 Sep. 2022 One area for Bengals fans to watch is how Adomitis performs against an aggressive Dallas punt blocking unit. Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2022 More security personnel will join on Monday, and the Special Air Service, an elite army commando unit, will be placed on standby. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022 The network is part of ProPublica’s local initiative, which includes offices in the Midwest, South and Southwest, plus an investigative unit in partnership with the Texas Tribune.ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2022 But losing the 2021 Defensive Player of the Year for a chunk of the season, from an otherwise thin unit, is still a significant blow. Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022 In May, the SEC nearly doubled the staff of an enforcement unit focused on cryptocurrencies. Andrew Ackerman, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 For the other side of the ball, the defense has made some solid additions to an increasingly turnover-savvy unit. Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2022 Bonner completed 3 of 9 passes for 39 yards for an Aggie QB unit that combined to finish 8-for-22 for 57 yards. Anderson’s message to the locker room wasn’t overly complicated. Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, 4 Sep. 2022 See More
1single thing單個事物ADJECTIVE | VERB + UNIT | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤large, small大單位;小單位▸➤basic, fundamental基本單位◇The family is the basic unit of society.家庭是社會的基本單位。➤discrete, individual, single獨立單位▸➤cohesive有聚合力的單位◇to change a collection of individuals into a cohesive unit把一群單個的人變成一個有凝聚力的整體➤family, social家庭單位;社會單元◇the role of the family unit in the community家庭單位在社區中的作用VERB + UNIT➤break sth down into, divide sth into把⋯分解成基本單位◇Large departments were broken down into smaller units.大部門被拆分成若干小部門。PHRASES➤unit of analysis分析單位◇This study's unit of analysis is the individual hospital.該研究的分析單位是單個醫院。unit
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2fixed amount固定量ADJECTIVE | VERB + UNIT | UNIT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤basic, standard基本/標準單位▸➤monetary貨幣單位▸➤linguistic語言單位VERB + UNIT➤produce生產⋯個單位(的量)◇China produced 65 million units last year.中國去年的產量達到 6,500 萬單位。➤sell賣⋯個單位(的量)◇The manufacturer sold 73 000 units in the first quarter.製造商在首個季度售出了 73,000 單位。UNIT + NOUN➤cost, length, weight單位成本/長度/重量◇the average unit cost of all products所有產品的平均單位成本➤sales單位產品銷售額PREPOSITION➤unit of⋯的單位◇a unit of currency貨幣單位◇a unit of length長度單位◇fifty units of electricity50 度電PHRASES➤per unit每個單位◇Electricity is ten pence per unit.每度電 10 便士。unit
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3group of people群體ADJECTIVE | VERB + UNITADJECTIVE➤policy (especially BrE) 政策小組▸➤research研究小組➤business, production業務/生產小組VERB + UNIT➤be attached to小組附屬於⋯◇The research unit is attached to the local university.該研究小組附屬於當地的大學。➤create, form創建/建立小組unit
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4in a hospital醫院ADJECTIVE➤intensive care重症監護室▸➤accident and emergency, casualty (both BrE) 急診科;急救科▸➤psychiatric, surgical精神科;外科▸➤baby, maternity (both BrE) 嬰兒病房;婦產科◇She works in the maternity unit at the local hospital.她在當地醫院的婦產科工作。➤burn, burns, stroke (BrE) 燒傷病房;卒中病房unit
6piece of furniture/equipment傢具;設備ADJECTIVE | VERB + UNITADJECTIVE➤kitchen, storage, vanity, wall廚房組合設備;貯藏室組合設備;組合式盥洗盆;組合壁櫃▸➤air-conditioning, control, power, processing, shower (BrE) 空調設備;控制設備;電力裝置;處理器;淋浴裝置◇the central processing unit in a computer計算機的中央處理器VERB + UNIT➤install安裝設備◇We're having new kitchen units installed.我們正讓人安裝新的廚房組合設備。unit
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7house/building房子;建築物ADJECTIVE | VERB + UNITADJECTIVE➤dwelling (formal, especially NAmE) , housing, residential住房單元;住宅單元◇a single dwelling unit獨戶單元住宅◇A city council member pledged to build 500 affordable housing units.有位市議員承諾要建 500 套經濟適用房。➤business, industrial, retail (all especially BrE) 商業用房單元;廠房單元;零售店鋪VERB + UNIT➤build建造住宅單元房