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单词 unite
释义 unite
I. \yüˈnīt, usu -īd.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English uniten, from Late Latin unitus, past participle of unire, from Latin unus one — more at one
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to put together to form a single unit
  < unite the fighting forces of the friendly nations >
 b. : to cause to adhere
  < unite bricks with mortar >
 c. : connect
  < a dirt road unites the farm road with the main highway >
 d. : to relate integrally
  < often the ideas are yoked, but not united — T.S.Eliot >
 especially : to link by a legal or moral bond
  < a purpose that united all factions >
  < a treaty to unite all the independent nations >
2. : to possess (as qualities) in combination
 < the bride united beauty and intelligence >
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to become one or as if one
  < particles which can unite to form a new compound — T.S.Eliot >
  < mutterings of the crowd united in a thunderous cheer — Darrell Berrigan >
 b. : to become combined by or as if by adhesion or mixture
  < the broken bones of a child unite easily >
  < clouds of devastating smoke that unite with the river fog … to form smog — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
2. : to act in concert
 < all parties united in signing the petition >
3. : to enter into association for or as if for a common purpose
 < the group united to improve the city's schools >
Synonyms:
 combine, conjoin, concur, cooperate: unite often indicates joining, merging, coalescing, adhering together to form a new unit, permanent or temporary
  < the North West Company united with the Hudson's Bay Company — American Guide Series: Washington >
  < in France the whole people saw at once what was upon them; the single word patrie was enough to unite them in a common enthusiasm and stern determination — W.R.Inge >
  combine may apply to a temporary uniting or joining or to one which leaves the components distinct
  < a gift for combining, for fusing into a single phase, two or more diverse impressions — T.S.Eliot >
  < wealth and sophistication combine with breezy western characteristics in this town — American Guide Series: Texas >
  < innumerable factors combine in the inextricable complexity of our general story — Hilaire Belloc >
  conjoin is likely to stress the notion of jointure, often of more or less equal things or forces, at a specific point
  < nature had lavished gifts and aspirations upon him, but they were so mixed and contradictory that only by a fortunate miracle did some of them conjoin to produce the rich poetry by which he is remembered — R.D.Atlick >
  concur is likely to be used of things that happen to merge, work together, or coincide when another course of action is probable or plausible
  < two opposite forces concurred in bringing about the Council of Nicaea — A.P.Stanley >
  cooperate indicates a joining of strength or force in some specific situation with no fusion or loss of identity
  < sent a joint expedition, under British command, to cooperate with the White Russians at Murmansk and Archangel against the Bolshevist forces — J.M.Hanson >
Synonym: see in addition join.
II. \ˈyüˌnīt,  ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: from obsolete unite joint, united, from Middle English unit, from Late Latin unitus
: an old British gold 20-shilling piece issued first by James I in 1604 for England and Scotland and bearing in the design and inscription reference to the uniting of the two crowns — called also jacobus
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