:the state of being in full agreement:harmony团结:一致;统一
[noncount]
political unity政治统一
a sense of national unity国家统一的观念
[singular]
They have dealt with this issue with an impressive unity of purpose. [=they have joined together and shared the same purpose in dealing with this issue]他们以高度一致的目标来处理这个问题。
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[noncount]:a way of combining the parts in a work of art or literature so that they seem to belong together(艺术或文学作品的)总体布局,总体效果;完整
: continuity without deviation or change (as in purpose or action)
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: the quality or state of being made one : unification
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: a combination or ordering of parts in a literary or artistic production that constitutes a whole or promotes an undivided total effect
also: the resulting singleness of effect or symmetry and consistency of style and character
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: a totality of related parts : an entity that is a complex or systematic whole
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: any of three principles of dramatic structure derived by French classicists from Aristotle's Poetics and requiring a play to have a single action represented as occurring in one place and within one day
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capitalized: a 20th century American religious movement that emphasizes spiritual sources of health and prosperity
a sense of national unity there's an aesthetic unity to the sculpture garden that makes it an ideal spot for quiet relaxing
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English unite, from Anglo-French unité, from Latin unitat-, unitas, from unus one — more at one
ADJECTIVE | VERB + UNITY | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤complete完全統一◇Complete political unity is impossible to achieve.完全的政治統一不可能實現。➤greater更大的統一➤essential, fundamental, underlying根本的統一;內在的統一➤organic有機統一◇the organic unity of Raphael's picture拉斐爾畫作的有機統一➤Arab, Christian, European, etc.阿拉伯世界的聯合、基督教的合一、歐洲的統一等▸➤cultural, economic, national, party, political, racial, religious, social文化/經濟/國家/政黨/政治/種族/宗教/社會統一◇a government of national unity民族團結政府VERB + UNITY➤achieve, bring, bring about, create, foster, promote實現統一;促成統一;促進統一◇She brought unity to her people.她給她的人民帶來了統一。➤maintain, preserve維護/保持統一▸➤destroy, shatter破壞/損害統一▸➤restore恢復統一◇He restored peace and unity in the country after years of civil war.他使國家結束了多年內戰,恢復了和平與統一。➤call for, seek呼籲/尋求統一◇The party is calling for greater economic unity.該黨正呼籲在經濟上進一步統一。PREPOSITION➤in unity和睦地◇live together in unity和睦地生活在一起➤unity among⋯之間的團結◇The dispute has destroyed unity among the workers.這次爭端破壞了工人之間的團結。➤unity between兩者之間的團結◇a degree of unity between faculty and students教職員工和學生之間的團結程度PHRASES➤a sense of unity團結意識◇a leader who gave her people a strong sense of unity給人民帶來緊密團結意識的女性領袖➤a show of unity團結的表現➤unity in diversity多樣化中的統一性◇The organization promotes unity in diversity.這個組織提倡求同存異。