| 单词 | unity |
| 释义 | unity /yooh"ni tee/, n. , pl. unities. 1. the state of being one; oneness. 2. a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one. 3. the state or fact of being united or combined into one, as of the parts of a whole; unification. 4. absence of diversity; unvaried or uniform character. 5. oneness of mind, feeling, etc., as among a number of persons; concord, harmony, or agreement. 6. Math. a. the number one; a quantity regarded as one. b. identity (def. 9). 7. (in literature and art) a relation of all the parts or elements of a work constituting a harmonious whole and producing a single general effect. 8. one of the three principles of dramatic structure (the three unities) derived from Aristotelian aesthetics and formalized in the neoclassic canon in which a play is required to represent action as taking place in one day (unity of time), as occurring within one place (unity of place), and as having a single plot with a beginning, middle, and end (unity of action). [1250-1300; ME unite < OF < L unitas, equiv. to un(us) one + -itas -ITY] Syn. 1. singleness, singularity, individuality. See union. 5. concert, unison. Ant. 1. diversity, variety. |
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