| 单词 | asymmetrical |
| 释义 | asymmetrical (once / 31186 pages) adj Something asymmetrical has two sides that don't match — it's uneven or out of whack. If you know that symmetrical means that both sides of something are identical, then it should be easy to learn that asymmetrical means the opposite: the two sides are different in some way. Asymmetrical things are irregular and crooked, and don't match up perfectly when folded in half. Drawing something perfectly symmetrical is pretty hard, so most of your creations are probably asymmetrical. WORD FAMILYasymmetrical: asymmetrically+/asymmetry: asymmetric, asymmetrical, asymmetries USAGE EXAMPLESCyberspace, wrote Gen. Gerasimov, “opens wide asymmetrical possibilities for reducing the fighting potential of the enemy.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) Asymmetrical, often inefficient markets often prevail when price discrimination is effective. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) Take an asymmetrical blunt object such as a pipe sawed in half lengthwise and place it rounded side up in flowing air. Science Magazine(Nov 28, 2016) 1adj characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components Syn|Ant asymmetric irregular contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice lopsidedhaving one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other noninterchangeablesuch that the terms of an expression cannot be interchanged without changing the meaning unsymmetric, unsymmetricallacking symmetry symmetric, symmetrical having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts parallelbeing everywhere equidistant and not intersecting regularin accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle bilateral, bilaterally symmetric, bilaterally symmetrical, isobilateralhaving identical parts on each side of an axis biradialshowing both bilateral and radial symmetry cruciate, cruciformshaped like a cross even, regularsymmetrically arranged interchangeable(mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged isosceles(of a triangle) having two sides of equal length radial, radiate, stellatearranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center centrosymmetric, radially symmetricalhaving a symmetrical arrangement of radiating parts about a central point rhombohedral, trigonalhaving threefold symmetry 2adj irregular in shape or outline asymmetrical features Syn crooked irregular contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice |
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