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。 ■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统一。 ■[with obj.](archaic)join in marriage (古)结婚;结合 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 unitive adjective 语源
late Middle English: from Latin unit- 'joined together', from the verb unire, from unus 'one'