unilateral是什么意思

unilateral

英 [ju?n?'l?t(?)r(?)l] 美 ['j?n?'l?t?r?l]

unilateral 單邊的

uni-, 一，詞源同unit,lateral, 邊的。

unilateral (adj.): 1802, from Modern Latin unilateralis, from unum, neuter of unus "one" (see one) + latus (genitive lateralis) "side" (see oblate (n.)). Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) may have been the first to use it in the legal sense of "made or entered into by one party." Related: Unilaterally. Unilateral disarmament is recorded from 1929.
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. [William Ralph Inge, "Outspoken Essays," 1919]

1. Unpopular policies such as unilateral disarmament were ditched.: 諸如單邊裁軍之類不得人心的政策已被廢除了。

3. Let's put it to the question. How many people here are in favour of unilateral disarmament ？: 讓我們暢所欲言, 這兒有多少人贊成單方面裁軍?

4. The Chinese Government never regards aid to other countries as a kind of unilateral alms but as sth. mutual.: 中國政府從來不把對外援助看作是單方面的恩賜,而認(rèn)為援助是相互的.

5. In the first two cases the reaction is unilateral.: 在前兩個例證中,這種反應(yīng)是單邊的.