| 单词 | unilateral |
| 释义 | unilateral (once / 3939 pages) adj Unilateral means "one-sided." If parents make a unilateral decision to eliminate summer vacation, it means that the students’ opinions or opposing views weren’t considered. When someone makes a unilateral decision, he or she acts alone, without considering the feelings, opposing opinions or concerns of others. But it’s not always a bad thing to act unilaterally. If you are in a fight with your sister and haven’t spoken to each other for a week, you could choose to do her chores, compliment her or make other unilateral, good-faith efforts to bring the bad feelings to an end. WORD FAMILYunilateral: unilateralism, unilaterally+/unilateralism: unilateralist/unilateralist: unilateralists USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Obama’s unilateral actions, by executive order, proclamation or memoranda, are even more vulnerable. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) While many environmentalists and archaeologists supported the monument, most Utah politicians opposed the site’s unilateral protection. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) "Its unilateral application to global shipping would create market distortion while generating trade disputes with China and other Asian nations," Bennett said. Reuters(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj involving only one part or side unilateral paralysis a unilateral decision Syn|Ant one-sided one-party determined by a single party many-sided, multilateral having many parts or sides bilateral, two-sidedhaving two sides or parts deep-lobedhaving deep bilateral lobes two-lobedhaving two lobes bipartite, two-part, two-wayinvolving two parts or elements jointinvolving both houses of a legislature multipartiteinvolving more than two parties four-sided, quadrilateralhaving four sides five-sidedhaving five sides six-sidedhaving six sides seven-sidedhaving seven sides eight-sidedhaving eight sides nine-sidedhaving nine sides ten-sidedhaving ten sides eleven-sidedhaving eleven sides twelve-sidedhaving twelve sides four-party, quadripartiteinvolving four parties tetrameroushaving or consisting of four similar parts; tetramerous flowers three-corneredinvolving a group or set of three three-lobedhaving three lobes four-lobedhaving four lobes five-lobedhaving five lobes many-lobedhaving many lobes palmately-lobedhaving lobes radiating from a central point three-sided, triangular, trilateralhaving three sides three-party, three-way, tripartiteinvolving three parties or elements 2adj tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only Syn direct, lineal in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child |
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