单词 | uniformity |
释义 | uniformity (once / 1343 pages) n Have you ever noticed that even though you and your friend have different history teachers, you are both learning the same thing? That is because of the uniformity, or consistency, of the curriculum. Think about the word uniform. When you see police officers or students in uniform, it makes them all kind of look the same. If things don't change, you can say there is uniformity. Uniformity can be a good or a bad thing. A uniformity in TV shows would be boring. On the other hand, you would like to see uniformity among the standards of medical schools, so you know all doctors are qualified. WORD FAMILYuniformity: nonuniformity, uniformities+/uniform: nonuniform, uniformed, uniforming, uniformise, uniformity, uniformize, uniformly, uniformness, uniforms/uniformize: uniformizing USAGE EXAMPLESBut in this situation, their uniformity works against them. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) A report last year by the White House Council of Economic Advisers noted the wide disparities in licensing uniformity among the 50 states. Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016) In particular, the visible symbol suggests a uniformity in the Muslim community that is not accurate. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) 1n the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom) Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper uniformness nonuniformity the quality of being diverse and interesting homogeneity, homogeneousness the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature consistence, consistencya harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts similarity the quality of being similar 2n a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying Hypo|Hyper homogeneity the quality of being of uniform throughout in composition or structure regularity the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate |
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