co·he·sion
noun/kəʊˈhiːʒn/
/kəʊˈhiːʒn/
[uncountable]- (formal) the act or state of keeping together
黏合；结合；凝聚性 - the cohesion of the nuclear family
核心家庭的内聚性 - social/political/economic cohesion
社会／政治／经济凝聚性
- the cohesion of the nuclear family
- (physics, chemistry) the force causing molecules of the same substance to stick together
内聚力；黏聚力
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin cohaes- ‘cleaved together’, from the verb cohaerere, from co- ‘together’ + haerere ‘to stick’, on the pattern of adhesion.