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单词 unilateralist
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Definition of unilateralist in English:

unilateralist

nounjuːnɪˈlat(ə)rəlɪst
  • 1An advocate of an action or decision which affects only one person, group, or country involved in a situation, without the agreement of others.

    there can be no unilateralists in a global business world
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was in truth a unilateralist—he decided where the boundary lay and refused to negotiate on it.
    • Excuse me for being cynical, but we are all unilateralists.
    • Much of Europe still sees him as a unilateralist, the president who came into office determined to abrogate this or that treaty.
    • He has been criticised privately as an abrasive unilateralist who showed contempt for the UN.
    • He points out that the single greatest unilateralist out there is the dictator himself.
    1. 1.1 A supporter of the policy of abolishing nuclear weapons without waiting for other countries to do so.
      the unilateralists said we were in more danger of nuclear attack as long as we had nuclear bases
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Unilateralists are inclined to jump straight to nuclear disarmament on the assumption that this is an end in itself.
      • It makes no sense to argue, as do unilateralists, that abolishing nuclear weapons on one side only is a reasonable goal.
      • A much larger group is made up of nuclear unilateralists of one kind or another.
      • He's the latest leader to face a party rebellion over nuclear weapons, but it is often forgotten that he himself was once a unilateralist.
      • The unilateralists would weaken the Western coalition now by abolishing our nuclear weapons.
adjectivejuːnɪˈlat(ə)rəlɪst
  • 1Relating to or advocating an action or decision which affects only one person, group, or country involved in a situation, without the agreement of others.

    an aggressive, unilateralist military policy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He presents an even-handed look at the president's unilateralist approach to foreign affairs.
    • The unilateralist neocons were actually asking for help from foreigners.
    • His unilateralist world view, reinforced by his close advisers, cannot work in a world where global cooperation is necessary.
    • We haven't done any unilateralist actions that had any real significance.
    • This administration is often presented as arrogant and unilateralist, probably because successes are kept quiet.
    1. 1.1 Relating to or advocating the policy of abolishing nuclear weapons without waiting for other countries to do so.
      unilateralist disarmament policies
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They made little headway popularizing Britain's unilateral nuclear disarmament, and the unilateralist tide lacked any consistent direction.
      • The small but influential world federalist movement, although uncomfortable with unilateralist proposals, took a strong anti-nuclear stand.
      • Although this put the group in the position of opposing the nuclear program, it was careful to take a balanced approach and stress that it was not unilateralist.
      • If it had failed to win Britons to its unilateralist strategy, it had helped to make its goal—a nuclear-free world—an inescapable part of public opinion.
      • Labour won the 1964 elections, but it did so without adopting a unilateralist platform or other solid commitment to CND.

Rhymes

multilateralist
 
 

Definition of unilateralist in US English:

unilateralist

noun
  • 1An advocate of an action or decision which affects only one person, group, or country involved in a situation, without the agreement of others.

    there can be no unilateralists in a global business world
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He has been criticised privately as an abrasive unilateralist who showed contempt for the UN.
    • He was in truth a unilateralist—he decided where the boundary lay and refused to negotiate on it.
    • Much of Europe still sees him as a unilateralist, the president who came into office determined to abrogate this or that treaty.
    • Excuse me for being cynical, but we are all unilateralists.
    • He points out that the single greatest unilateralist out there is the dictator himself.
    1. 1.1 A supporter of the policy of abolishing nuclear weapons without waiting for other countries to do so.
      the unilateralists said we were in more danger of nuclear attack as long as we had nuclear bases
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A much larger group is made up of nuclear unilateralists of one kind or another.
      • He's the latest leader to face a party rebellion over nuclear weapons, but it is often forgotten that he himself was once a unilateralist.
      • It makes no sense to argue, as do unilateralists, that abolishing nuclear weapons on one side only is a reasonable goal.
      • Unilateralists are inclined to jump straight to nuclear disarmament on the assumption that this is an end in itself.
      • The unilateralists would weaken the Western coalition now by abolishing our nuclear weapons.
adjective
  • 1Relating to or advocating an action or decision which affects only one person, group, or country involved in a situation, without the agreement of others.

    an aggressive, unilateralist military policy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His unilateralist world view, reinforced by his close advisers, cannot work in a world where global cooperation is necessary.
    • We haven't done any unilateralist actions that had any real significance.
    • This administration is often presented as arrogant and unilateralist, probably because successes are kept quiet.
    • The unilateralist neocons were actually asking for help from foreigners.
    • He presents an even-handed look at the president's unilateralist approach to foreign affairs.
    1. 1.1 Relating to or advocating the policy of abolishing nuclear weapons without waiting for other countries to do so.
      unilateralist disarmament policies
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The small but influential world federalist movement, although uncomfortable with unilateralist proposals, took a strong anti-nuclear stand.
      • They made little headway popularizing Britain's unilateral nuclear disarmament, and the unilateralist tide lacked any consistent direction.
      • Although this put the group in the position of opposing the nuclear program, it was careful to take a balanced approach and stress that it was not unilateralist.
      • If it had failed to win Britons to its unilateralist strategy, it had helped to make its goal—a nuclear-free world—an inescapable part of public opinion.
      • Labour won the 1964 elections, but it did so without adopting a unilateralist platform or other solid commitment to CND.
 
 
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