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Unilateral 单方面的 Adj Ju:Ni'lætərəl 英 Adj.单方面的(One Si Ded Affecting

单词 unilateral
音标 ['ju:ni'lætərəl]
解释 adj. 单方面的
红宝书 【英】 adj.单方面的(one-si ded; affecting only one side)
字源 unilateral (adj.)
1802, from Modern Latin unilateralis, from unum, neuter of unus "one" (see one) + latus (genitive lateralis) "side" (see oblate (n.)). Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) may have been the first to use it in the legal sense of "made or entered into by one party." Related: Unilaterally. Unilateral disarmament is recorded from 1929.
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. [William Ralph Inge, "Outspoken Essays," 1919]
不择手段背单词 adj. 单方面的
【记】uni一个, lateral方面的: 单方面的
【参】bilateral(adj 有两面的; 双边的)
趣味全助记 【记】uni + lateral 侧部

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