| 单词 | reunify |
| 释义 | reunify (once / 9525 pages) v To reunify is to bring a divided group back together in agreement or peace. Peace talks between feuding former allies are meant to reunify them. The verb reunify is generally used in a political context, to describe what happens when two countries at war sign a truce, or when a divided territory is brought back together. Various events of the 1980s helped East and West Germany reunify, for example. The roots of this word are the "again" prefix re- and the Late Latin unificare, "make one." WORD FAMILYreunify: reunification, reunified, reunifies, reunifying+/disunion: disunions/reunion: reunify, reunions/union: disunion, nonunion, reunion, unionise, unionism, unionize, unions/unionise: unionisation, unionised/unionised: nonunionised/unionism: unionist/unionist: unionists/unionize: unionization, unionized, unionizing/unionized: nonunionized USAGE EXAMPLESNegotiations to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus are back on track, according to the United Nations, after they nearly fell apart two weeks ago. Wall Street Journal(Dec 02, 2016) The talks are aimed at reunifying Cyprus, a Mediterranean island whose division remains one of the world’s longest-running political disputes. The Guardian(Nov 21, 2016) Numerous rounds of United Nations-brokered talks aimed at reunifying the island of roughly 1.1 million people as a federation have gone nowhere. Seattle Times(Nov 05, 2016) v unify again, as of a country Will Korea reunify? Syn|Hyper reunite unify, unite act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief |
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