亚洲网紅露点

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unilateral

[ yoo-nuh-lat-er-uhl ]

adjective

  1. relating to, occurring on, or involving one side only:

    unilateral development; a unilateral approach.

  2. undertaken or done by or on behalf of one side, party, or faction only; not mutual:

    a unilateral decision; unilateral disarmament.

  3. having only one side or surface; without a reverse side or inside, as a M枚bius strip.
  4. Law.
    1. pertaining to a contract that can be formed only when the party to whom an offer is made renders the performance for which the offeror bargains.
    2. pertaining to a contract in which obligation rests on only one party, as a binding promise to make a gift.
  5. Botany. having all the parts disposed on one side of an axis, as an inflorescence.
  6. through forebears of one sex only, as through either the mother's or father's line. Compare bilateral ( def 5 ).
  7. Phonetics. (of an l -sound) characterized by passage of air on only one side of the tongue.


unilateral

/ 藢箩耻藧苍瑟藞濒忙迟蓹谤蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. of, having, affecting, or occurring on only one side
  2. involving or performed by only one party of several

    unilateral disarmament

  3. law (of contracts, obligations, etc) made by, affecting, or binding one party only and not involving the other party in reciprocal obligations
  4. botany having or designating parts situated or turned to one side of an axis
  5. sociol relating to or tracing the line of descent through ancestors of one sex only Compare bilateral
  6. phonetics denoting an (l) sound produced on one side of the tongue only
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢耻苍颈藞濒补迟别谤补濒颈蝉尘, noun
  • 藢耻苍颈藞濒补迟别谤补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻路苍颈路濒补迟路别谤路补濒路颈路迟测 [yoo-n, uh, -lat-, uh, -, ral, -i-tee], noun
  • 耻路苍颈路濒补迟路别谤路补濒路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of unilateral1

From the New Latin word 奴苍颈濒补迟别谤腻濒颈蝉, dating back to 1795鈥1805. See uni-, lateral
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In one of China's strongest statements yet over the tariff war, Commerce Ministry spokesman He Yadong said the US should remove all "unilateral tariff measures" against China "if it truly wanted" to solve the issue.

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The trip was aimed to boost ties with the region and encourage those nations to resist what he called "unilateral bullying" by the US.

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On Saturday, President Vladimir Putin announced a unilateral Easter truce in Ukraine until midnight Sunday night in Moscow.

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It has mutual visa exemption agreements with 23 countries, and since 2023 has been implementing a series of unilateral visa-free policies.

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China's President Xi Jinping has called on Vietnam to oppose "unilateral bullying" to upkeep a global system of free trade - though he stopped short of naming the US.

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