u·ni·fy
verb/ˈjuːnɪfaɪ/
/ˈjuːnɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they unify | /ˈjuːnɪfaɪ/ /ˈjuːnɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it unifies | /ˈjuːnɪfaɪz/ /ˈjuːnɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple unified | /ˈjuːnɪfaɪd/ /ˈjuːnɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle unified | /ˈjuːnɪfaɪd/ /ˈjuːnɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form unifying | /ˈjuːnɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈjuːnɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- unify something to join people, things, parts of a country, etc. together so that they form a single unit
统一；使成一体；使一元化 - The new leader hopes to unify the country.
新领袖希望把国家统一起来。 - the task of unifying Europe
统一欧洲的大业 - a unified transport system
统一的运输体系
Extra Examples- attempts to unify different groups into one political party
试图将不同群体统一为一个政党 - relatively unified societies
相对统一的社会 - a step towards a complete, fully unified theory
迈向完整、完全统一的理论的一步
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French unifier or late Latin unificare ‘make into a whole’. - The new leader hopes to unify the country.