单词 | mutual |
释义 | mutual (mjuːtʃuəl ) 1. adjective You use mutual to describe a situation, feeling, or action that is experienced, felt, or done by both of two people mentioned. The East and the West can work together for their mutual benefit and progress. It's plain that he adores his daughter, and the feeling is mutual. Synonyms: shared, common, joint, interactive mutually adverb [ADVERB adjective/adverb, ADVERB before verb] Attempts to reach a mutually agreed solution had been fruitless. A meeting would take place at a mutually convenient time. 2. mutually exclusive phrase If two things are mutually exclusive, they are separate and very different from each other, so that it is impossible for them to exist or happen together. They both have learnt that ambition and successful fatherhood can be mutually exclusive. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You use mutual to describe something such as an interest which two or more people share. They do, however, share a mutual interest in design. We were introduced by a mutual friend. 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If a building society or an insurance company has mutual status, it is not owned by shareholders but by its customers, who receive a share of the profits. [British, business] Britain's third-largest building society abandoned its mutual status and became a bank. Collocations: mutual influence Yet direct intervention is not required for mutual influence. Red Hunting in the Promised Land: Anticommunism and the Making of America (1994) Through a phenomenological approach, this study shows the mutual influence which exists between natural landscapes and intra/intercommunity stability. 2018, 'Rapports entre paysages naturels et conflits intra/intercommunautaires: les germes d'une instabilité permanente', Tropicultura Another way of intercellular interaction involves mutual influence via paracrine factors produced by corresponding cells. 2014, 'Exosomes: messengers and mediators of tumor–stromal interactions', Biopolymers and Cell We care for others beyond young offspring, and we are able to build vast networks of mutual obligation, even with people we have never met. The Times Literary Supplement According to the beliefs which inspired these laws, economic transactions were supposed to be based on mutual obligation, not individual gain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Here ties are not just of affect; they are of mutual obligation reinforced through the passage of gifts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The graduants became a fraternity which served together, and continued to have mutual obligation to each other for life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cohesion on shared values, tolerance, mutual obligations and opportunity for all can be the glue that binds us together: a lack of it will only tear us apart. Times, Sunday Times The moon gives your love life a rich look and a relationship that seemed one-sided turns into mutual passion. The Sun A one-way romance could turn into a mutual passion. The Sun Love that seemed one-sided could change into rich, mutual passion. The Sun There are surprises when a relationship that seemed second-best turns into a mutual passion. The Sun A relationship you once thought may be one-sided, turns out to be a mutual passion. The Sun The respect between them had everything to do with a mutual recognition of talent and achievement. Times, Sunday Times Without a mutual recognition deal, this process, known as batch testing and release, would have to be duplicated. Times,Sunday Times In the present case, the grounds on which it had been sought were plainly contrary to the principle of mutual recognition. Times, Sunday Times Mutual recognition of some professional qualifications would help enormously. Times, Sunday Times Instead, the idea of harmonising regulations has been replaced with the principle of mutual recognition of each other's standards. Times, Sunday Times Similarly, tax policies will have to be co-ordinated once mutual responsibility for public debts and deficits becomes an acknowledged fact. Times, Sunday Times Because people lack care and mutual responsibility and because of the legal system and those court cases. Times, Sunday Times They will carry mutual responsibility for the success of the overall mission, not just their own part in it. Times, Sunday Times The school believes in the dignity and worth of each student and recognises the importance of mutual responsibility in the world community. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A future based on mutual respect, mutual resolve and mutual responsibility. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both sides said yesterday that the latest case was 'settled to the mutual satisfaction of the parties'. Times, Sunday Times The arrangement provided mutual satisfaction and by the time he died at the age of 63, after 25 years of marriage, his wife had acquired a collection of 43 items. Times, Sunday Times I trust that this will be to our mutual satisfaction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ultimately the issue was settled to mutual satisfaction of both sides. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Litigation between the parties has been settled to mutual satisfaction, with each side bearing its own costs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It all starts with mutual support and real respect within the family. The Sun Clubs and societies, associations for mutual support, proliferated. The Times Literary Supplement When you take the lead, rivalry can be replaced by mutual support that gets much better results at work and within the family. The Sun Don't be alone, team up with others, share experiences and get mutual support. Times, Sunday Times Those meetings are known as fellowships because that's exactly what they provide: fellowship, mutual support, empathy and understanding. Times, Sunday Times We got here because we fought and won those long struggles for liberty, equality and mutual tolerance. Times, Sunday Times Communal living in our crowded cities requires mutual tolerance. Times, Sunday Times He added that the secret of their relationship was 'a high level of mutual tolerance and a thorough enjoyment of each other's company'. Times, Sunday Times In fact, all relationships involve masses of compromise and mutual tolerance. Times, Sunday Times Difference on the two sides should be dealt with mutual tolerance and understanding. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Managing them well requires mutual trust, strong supranational institutions and steadfast alliances: precisely the things that the policy of the pendulum puts most at risk. Times,Sunday Times That doesn't seem to improve that mutual trust. Times, Sunday Times Slowly she began to tell me about how they had come to a place of mutual trust in their sharing. Christianity Today Our peace depends on general mutual trust, and an idea of the 'normal' as benign. Times, Sunday Times The success of special forces' operations depends on teamwork and mutual trust. 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