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📰 外刊例句

A government commission in 1910 concluded that Indians were “the most undesirable of all Asiatics” and that the citizens of America’s west coast were “ unanimous in their desire for exclusion”. 一个政府委员会在1910年得出结论:印度人是“最不受欢迎的亚洲人”,且美国西海岸的公民“一致希望驱逐他们”。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[adjective] (of two or more people) fully in agreement
[形容词] (指两人或多人)一致同意的


💡 深入解读

在古代,人们通常认为生命的本质在于存在灵魂。而灵魂在拉丁语中分为阴性和阳性两个单词,分别为阴性的anima和阳性的animus,两词都可以引申指“心、心灵、心智、心力”。其中,在animus前面加一个词根unus(一),就构成了拉丁语unanimus(字面义“一心的”,引申指“看法相同的、观点一致的”)。该词最早于17世纪10年代进入英语后就形成了 unanimous 一词,相应也是用来表示“一致同意的、全体一致的、无异议的”,既可以用来形容两人或多人,也可以用来形容决定、意见、投票、协议等,即得到所有人的同意或支持的,

比如:

一致的拥护

unanimous support

He was elected the chairman of the nascent party by a unanimous vote.他以全票当选这个新生政党的主席。

Local people are unanimous in their opposition to the proposed new railroad.当地居民一致反对拟建的新铁路。


📚 名著用例

There was the unanimous opinion that there was none to come up to her and, suffice it to say in a place of worship for music of a sacred character, there was a generally voiced desire for an encore. 大家一致认为没人赛得过她。在平时唱诵圣乐的礼拜堂里,人们普遍发出“再唱一遍”的呼声,这就足以证明她受欢迎的程度了。

— 出自《爱尔兰现代主义作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯(James Joyce)于1922年出版的长篇小说《尤利西斯》( Ulysses )。》


🔍 同近义词

  • united: joined together politically, for a common purpose, or by common feelings
  • be of one mind: share the same opinion
  • like-minded: having similar tastes or opinions
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