| 单词 | unanimously |
| 释义 | unanimously (once / 1083 pages) adv If a group decides something unanimously, it means that every single member is in agreement. A vote passed unanimously has no one objecting to it. When Congress passes a bill unanimously, each member agrees that it should become a law. Things that are done or agreed on unanimously have no dissenters, no one arguing against them — it's as if the group were thinking as a single entity. In fact, the root of unanimously is the Latin unanimus, "of one mind," from unus, "one," and animus, "mind." WORD FAMILYunanimous: unanimity, unanimously+/unanimity: unanimities USAGE EXAMPLESThe chief minister on Sunday called a meeting of senior leaders and legislators at his house where he was unanimously elected the party's new president. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) The bill passed unanimously in the state senate. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution supporting efforts by Russia and Turkey to end the nearly six-year conflict in Syria and jump-start peace negotiations. Time(Dec 31, 2016) adv of one mind; without dissent the Senate unanimously approved the bill we voted unanimously Syn nem con, nemine contradicente |
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