unilateral

英 [ˌjuːnɪˈlætrəl]

美 [ˌjuːnɪˈlætrəl]

adj.  单方的

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Collins.1 / BNC.12705 / COCA.9366

牛津词典

adj.

• 单方的
  done by one member of a group or an organization without the agreement of the other members
  1. a unilateral decision
     单方面的决定
  2. a unilateral declaration of independence
     单方面宣布独立
  3. They were forced to take unilateral action.
     他们被迫采取单方面行动。
  4. They had campaigned vigorously for unilateral nuclear disarmament (= when one country gets rid of its nuclear weapons without waiting for other countries to do the same) .
     他们曾致力于单方面裁减核武器运动。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 一方的；单边的；单方面的
  Aunilateraldecision or action is taken by only one of the groups, organizations, or countries that are involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of the others.
  1. ...unilateral nuclear disarmament.
     单方面核裁军

英英释义

adj

• involving only one part or side
  1. unilateral paralysis
  2. a unilateral decision
  Synonym:one-sided
• tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only

双语例句

• This wave of unilateral, competitive devaluations creates a vicious cycle that leads to trade and exchange rate protectionism.
  这股单边竞争性贬值的浪潮造成了一种恶性循环，从而导致了贸易与汇率保护主义。
• In 1988, the US Congress banned unilateral national security export controls.
  1988年，美国国会禁止了单方面的国家安全出口管制。
• In nowadays society unilateral development of instrumental logos and decadency of value logos also block building of Universal Ethics.
  现代社会中的工具理性的片面发展和价值理性的衰微也严重阻碍了普世伦理的建构。
• The US war in Iraq may have tested to destruction the efficacy of unilateral military might.
  美伊战争或许破坏性地检验了单边军事实力的效力。
• The US has imposed harsh, unilateral sanctions, but China has not followed suit.
  美国对伊朗实施了单边的、严厉的制裁政策，但中国没有这样做。
• The symmetries and conserved quantities for the systems with unilateral holonomic constraints were studied.
  研究了单面完整约束系统的对称性与守恒量。
• However, the route of transmission of culture is not unilateral, but the impact on each other.
  然而，文化的传播途径并不是单方面的，而是互相影响的。
• Inevitable rejection by the WTO could lead to feigned disappointment, then unilateral protectionism followed by a trade war.
  世贸组织拒绝巴西的建议是必然的，巴西可能会假装表示失望，然后单方面采取保护主义措施，激起一场贸易战。
• The unilateral move angered Yahoo, which said it was done without board approval.
  这一单方面的举措激怒了雅虎，雅虎称该交易是在没有获得董事会批准的情况下完成的。
• Unilateral sanctions have not proved to be an effective way to change a country's behavior.
  单方面制裁并不是改变一个国家的行为的有效办法。