unison

英 ['ju?n?s(?)n] 美['j?n?sn]

TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

unison 一致，協(xié)調(diào)

un-, 一，詞源同unit,-son,聲音，詞源同sound。即同一個(gè)聲音，引申義一致，協(xié)調(diào)。

unison: unison: [16] Unison originated as a musical term, denoting ‘of the same sound’. It comes via Old French unison from late Latin ūnisonus, a compound adjective formed from ūnus ‘one’ and sonus ‘sound’ (source of English sound). The metaphorical sense ‘a(chǎn)greement, concord’ emerged in the 17th century.
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unison (n.): 1570s, "note having the same pitch as another; identity in pitch of two or more sounds; interval between tones of the same pitch," especially the interval of an octave, from Middle French unisson "unison, accord of sound" (16c.) or directly from Medieval Latin unisonus "having one sound, sounding the same," from Late Latin unisonius "in immediate sequence in the scale, monotonous," from Latin uni- "one" (see one) + sonus "sound" (see sound (n.1)). Figurative sense of "harmonious agreement" is first attested 1640s.

1. 72,000 pairs of hands clapped in unison to the song.: 72,000雙手和著歌曲整齊劃一地打著拍子。

2. The international community is ready to work in unison against him.: 國(guó)際社會(huì)準(zhǔn)備聯(lián)手反對(duì)他。

3. The governments acted in unison to combat terrorism.: 這些國(guó)家的政府一致行動(dòng)對(duì)付恐怖主義.

5. Unison and the other unions have the power to hold the Government to ransom.: 公務(wù)員工會(huì)和其他工會(huì)有能力脅迫政府。