unite
/juːˈnaɪt/verb
1- come or bring together for a common purpose or action(使)团结; (使)联合:
no obj. he called on the party to unite他号召全党团结起来
with obj. they are united by their love of cars.迷恋汽车使他们走到了一起。
1.1
- come or bring together to form a unit or whole, especially in a political context(尤指政治上)(使)统一:
no obj. the two Germanys officially united两德正式统一
with obj. he aimed to unite Italy and Sicily under his imperial crown他试图将意大利与西西里统一在自己的帝国下
his work unites theory and practice.
他的工作使理论与实践相结合。
1.2
- with obj. archaic join in marriage〈古〉和…结婚:
Lady Midlothian united herself to a man of bad character.
米德罗西安小姐嫁了一个人品低劣的男人。
派生词
unitive
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Latin unit- 'joined together', from the verb unire, from unus 'one'.