| 单词 | cohesive |
| 释义 | cohesive (once / 9908 pages) adj When the parts of the whole work or fit together well, they are cohesive, like a cohesive family whose members pitch in with everything from making dinner to painting the house. The adjective cohesive comes from the Latin word cohaerere, or “to cleave together.” Cohesive things stick together, so they are unified. A cohesive neighborhood's members get together to plan things like block parties, and they work together to solve problems. A cohesive fitness plan would include menus and exercise routines designed to lose weight, build muscle, and so on. WORD FAMILYcohesive: cohesively, cohesiveness+/cohere: cohered, coherence, coherency, coherent, coheres, cohering, cohesion, cohesive/coherence: coherences/coherency: coherencies/coherent: coherently, incoherent/cohesion: cohesions/incoherence: incoherences/incoherency: incoherencies/incoherent: incoherence, incoherency, incoherently USAGE EXAMPLESIn lesser hands, that might add up to a distracting collage, but in Min’s and Day’s, the result is both dazzling and cohesive. Slate(Dec 30, 2016) “We want the old downtown to be able to compete and be cohesive with the new downtown,” Low said. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) They are a collection of high-profile names but are not always a cohesive unit. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1adj cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated a cohesive organization Syn united characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity 2adj causing cohesion a cohesive agent Syn adhesive tending to adhere |
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