United Nationsn.

Brit.

/jᵿˌnʌɪtᵻd ˈneɪʃnz/, U.S.

/juˌnaɪdᵻd ˈneɪʃ(ə)nz/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: united adj., nation n.¹

Etymology: < united adj. + the plural of nation n.¹Compare the following isolated earlier occurrence, referring to a hypothetical union of nations:1918 R. C. Minor Republic of Nations 27 For the sake of convenience of discussion, arbitrary terms have been used in designating the union [proposed by the author]..Thus the union is spoken of as ‘The United Nations’.

(a) A group of countries who formally pledged in 1942 to oppose the Axis powers (see quot. 1942¹) (now historical); also in singular: a member of the United Nations (rare); (b) an international organization of these and other countries, founded by charter in 1945 to promote international peace, security, and cooperation (also more fully United Nations Organization: see Compounds 2). Abbreviated U.N. n. at U n.¹ Initialisms 1a. Cf. League of Nations n.There are currently almost 200 members of the United Nations, including most of the world's sovereign states. Administration is by a secretariat headed by the Secretary General, and the chief deliberative body is the General Assembly, in which each member state has one vote; recommendations are passed but are not binding on members. The Security Council (Security Council n. at security n. Compounds 2) bears the primary responsibility for the maintenance of peace and security, and may call on members to take (chiefly peacekeeping) action to enforce its decisions. The headquarters of the United Nations are in New York.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [noun] > United Nations

United Nations1942

UNO1945

U.N.1946

1942 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 3 Jan. 16 Earlier indications that the Soviet union will not fight Japan of her own initiative were substantiated today by the anti-Axis pact signed by 26 nations. The declaration of the ‘united nations’ pledged each ‘to employ its full resources..against those members of the tripartite pact and its adherents with which such government is at war’.

1942 Economist 14 Feb. 215/2 A campaign in which one by one the United Nations' advance bases are being filched from them.

1942 H. A. Wallace in N.Y. Times 9 Nov. 19/7 The first article in the international law of the future is undoubtedly the United Nations' Charter.

1943 D. Laskey in O. Pearson Albania in Occup. & War (2005) iv. 233 There is no question of recognizing any body of persons outside Albania as a Free Albanian Government. Albania cannot therefore become a United Nation.

1944 Times 10 Oct. 5/6 Tentative proposals have been made for the establishment of a general international organization under the title of The United Nations. The proposals..deal with..its principal organs, including a General Assembly, a Security Council, and an International Court of Justice.

1953 R. Niebuhr Christian Realism & Polit. Probl. (1954) ii. 25 The necessarily minimal constitutional structure which we have embodied in the United Nations.

1967 Spectator 29 Sept. 350/1 Mr. George Brown went to New York to dance the frug and tell the United Nations about Vietnam.

1982 Southeast Asian Affairs 9 51 The Khmer Rouge..for a time boycotted all international organizations, including the United Nations.

2009 R. Dasgupta Solo 161 The United Nations cut off supplies to Milosevic's Serbia.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

ΚΠ

1942 Times 20 May 4/7 June 14 had been designated as United Nations Day in China.

1958 Times 7 Aug. 7/5 It emphasizes..the case for creating a permanent United Nations police force, including an increased number of United Nations observers.

1966 Billboard 22 Oct. 34/1 Cole has opened a new discotheque nightclub in New York near the United Nations Building called ‘Happening Place’.

1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts July 501/2 The inter-governmental component of world conservation is represented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

1988 R. Turnbull Fisher's World: Canada 4 In the eyes of the world Canadians are everybody's good guys, great to call upon for United Nations peacekeeping missions.

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Feb. a12/1 United Nations resolutions demanding that Iraq disarm.

C2.

United Nations Organization n. (a) = sense (b); abbreviated UNO n. at U n.¹ Initialisms 1a; (b) (with lower-case third initial) any organization that is under the general direction of the United Nations.Sense (a) is now chiefly restricted to formal contexts.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [noun] > United Nations > UN agencies or programmes

UNRRA1943

United Nations Organization1944

UNESCO1946

UNICEF1948

UNRWA1951

UNREF1954

UNCTAD1964

UNDP1966

UNIDO1967

UNEP1973

1944 Times 7 Nov. 5/5 The General Assembly of the United Nations Organization proposed at Dumbarton Oaks need not..be so lacking in influence and importance.

1946 A. Boyd (title) The United Nations Organisation handbook.

1963 Ambassador & Probl. of Coordination (88th U.S. Congr. 1st Sess. Senate Comm. Govt. Operations) 68 The Advisory Board believes the Administrator would find it advantageous to enter into joint projects with United Nations organizations in meeting specific problems and situations.

1989 H. Gajentaan in J. Kaufmann Effective Negotiation vi. 110 Reports by United Nations organizations, the World Bank and non-governmental organizations.

2013 R. E. Vinuesa in A. Reinisch Privileges & Immunities Internat. Organizations in Domest. Courts ii. 19 The United Nations Organization needs to be requested to expressly consent that Argentine courts have jurisdiction to decide the present claim.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	united nations
释义	United Nationsn. Brit. /jᵿˌnʌɪtᵻd ˈneɪʃnz/, U.S. /juˌnaɪdᵻd ˈneɪʃ(ə)nz/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: united adj., nation n.¹ Etymology: < united adj. + the plural of nation n.¹Compare the following isolated earlier occurrence, referring to a hypothetical union of nations:1918 R. C. Minor Republic of Nations 27 For the sake of convenience of discussion, arbitrary terms have been used in designating the union [proposed by the author]..Thus the union is spoken of as ‘The United Nations’. (a) A group of countries who formally pledged in 1942 to oppose the Axis powers (see quot. 1942¹) (now historical); also in singular: a member of the United Nations (rare); (b) an international organization of these and other countries, founded by charter in 1945 to promote international peace, security, and cooperation (also more fully United Nations Organization: see Compounds 2). Abbreviated U.N. n. at U n.¹ Initialisms 1a. Cf. League of Nations n.There are currently almost 200 members of the United Nations, including most of the world's sovereign states. Administration is by a secretariat headed by the Secretary General, and the chief deliberative body is the General Assembly, in which each member state has one vote; recommendations are passed but are not binding on members. The Security Council (Security Council n. at security n. Compounds 2) bears the primary responsibility for the maintenance of peace and security, and may call on members to take (chiefly peacekeeping) action to enforce its decisions. The headquarters of the United Nations are in New York. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [noun] > United Nations United Nations1942 UNO1945 U.N.1946 1942 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 3 Jan. 16 Earlier indications that the Soviet union will not fight Japan of her own initiative were substantiated today by the anti-Axis pact signed by 26 nations. The declaration of the ‘united nations’ pledged each ‘to employ its full resources..against those members of the tripartite pact and its adherents with which such government is at war’. 1942 Economist 14 Feb. 215/2 A campaign in which one by one the United Nations' advance bases are being filched from them. 1942 H. A. Wallace in N.Y. Times 9 Nov. 19/7 The first article in the international law of the future is undoubtedly the United Nations' Charter. 1943 D. Laskey in O. Pearson Albania in Occup. & War (2005) iv. 233 There is no question of recognizing any body of persons outside Albania as a Free Albanian Government. Albania cannot therefore become a United Nation. 1944 Times 10 Oct. 5/6 Tentative proposals have been made for the establishment of a general international organization under the title of The United Nations. The proposals..deal with..its principal organs, including a General Assembly, a Security Council, and an International Court of Justice. 1953 R. Niebuhr Christian Realism & Polit. Probl. (1954) ii. 25 The necessarily minimal constitutional structure which we have embodied in the United Nations. 1967 Spectator 29 Sept. 350/1 Mr. George Brown went to New York to dance the frug and tell the United Nations about Vietnam. 1982 Southeast Asian Affairs 9 51 The Khmer Rouge..for a time boycotted all international organizations, including the United Nations. 2009 R. Dasgupta Solo 161 The United Nations cut off supplies to Milosevic's Serbia. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1942 Times 20 May 4/7 June 14 had been designated as United Nations Day in China. 1958 Times 7 Aug. 7/5 It emphasizes..the case for creating a permanent United Nations police force, including an increased number of United Nations observers. 1966 Billboard 22 Oct. 34/1 Cole has opened a new discotheque nightclub in New York near the United Nations Building called ‘Happening Place’. 1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts July 501/2 The inter-governmental component of world conservation is represented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 1988 R. Turnbull Fisher's World: Canada 4 In the eyes of the world Canadians are everybody's good guys, great to call upon for United Nations peacekeeping missions. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Feb. a12/1 United Nations resolutions demanding that Iraq disarm. C2. United Nations Organization n. (a) = sense (b); abbreviated UNO n. at U n.¹ Initialisms 1a; (b) (with lower-case third initial) any organization that is under the general direction of the United Nations.Sense (a) is now chiefly restricted to formal contexts. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [noun] > United Nations > UN agencies or programmes UNRRA1943 United Nations Organization1944 UNESCO1946 UNICEF1948 UNRWA1951 UNREF1954 UNCTAD1964 UNDP1966 UNIDO1967 UNEP1973 1944 Times 7 Nov. 5/5 The General Assembly of the United Nations Organization proposed at Dumbarton Oaks need not..be so lacking in influence and importance. 1946 A. Boyd (title) The United Nations Organisation handbook. 1963 Ambassador & Probl. of Coordination (88th U.S. Congr. 1st Sess. Senate Comm. Govt. Operations) 68 The Advisory Board believes the Administrator would find it advantageous to enter into joint projects with United Nations organizations in meeting specific problems and situations. 1989 H. Gajentaan in J. Kaufmann Effective Negotiation vi. 110 Reports by United Nations organizations, the World Bank and non-governmental organizations. 2013 R. E. Vinuesa in A. Reinisch Privileges & Immunities Internat. Organizations in Domest. Courts ii. 19 The United Nations Organization needs to be requested to expressly consent that Argentine courts have jurisdiction to decide the present claim. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1942
随便看	retaught retaunt retax retaxed retaxes retaxing retch retched retches retching retcon retconned retconning retcons retd rete rete malpighii rete mirabile rete mucosum rete testis reteach reteaches reteaching return an execution return an office