| 单词 | mutually |
| 释义 | mutually (once / 1360 pages) adv When you do something in cooperation with another person, the two of you do it mutually. You and your sister might, for example, mutually decide to skip the family reunion. You can use the adverb mutually to describe an action or a connection that you share with someone. If you have a mutually competitive relationship with your best friend, it means that both of you feel a sense of rivalry. And when a decision is mutually beneficial to everyone in town, it helps every single person equally. The root word is the Latin mutuus, which means "reciprocal, or done in exchange." WORD FAMILYmutual: mutualism, mutuality, mutually, mutualness+/mutualism: mutualist/mutuality: mutualities USAGE EXAMPLESThe obituary for Bill Usery commemorated a life committed to finding mutually beneficial solutions to the thorniest of labor, management and governmental problems. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) “Competency and staffing levels are not mutually exclusive,” said Toby Edelman, a senior policy attorney at the Center for Medicare Advocacy. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Bubbling to the surface, though, is the realization that the two charges are not mutually exclusive. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) adv in a mutual or shared manner the agreement was mutually satisfactory Syn reciprocally |
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