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unanimous

adjective
🔊/juˈnænɪməs/
🔊/juˈnænɪməs/
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  1. if a decision or an opinion is unanimous, it is agreed or shared by everyone in a group（决定或意见）一致的，一致同意的
    • a unanimous vote全体一致的表决
    • unanimous support一致的拥护
    • The decision was not unanimous.这项决定没有得到一致通过。🔊🔊
    • Unanimous agreement must be reached for this plan to go ahead.要使该计划继续进行，必须达成一致的协议。
    • The jury reached a unanimous verdict of ‘not guilty’.陪审团一致裁定“无罪”。
    • She was the unanimous choice of the selection committee.她是遴选委员会的一致选择。
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc2, Opinion and argumentc2
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  2. unanimous (in something) if a group of people are unanimous, they all agree about something（团体）意见一致的，一致同意某事的
    • Local people are unanimous in their opposition to the proposed new road.当地居民一致反对拟建的新公路。🔊🔊
    • The committee were unanimous in rejecting the proposal.委员会一致拒绝该提议。
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    • They were unanimous in this decision.他们一致作出了这一决定。
    • The experts are not unanimous on this point.在这一点上专家们意见不一。
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • almost
    • nearly
    • virtually
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    • in
    • on
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin unanimus (from unus ‘one’ + animus ‘mind’) + -ous.