/'ju:nətɪ; `junətɪ/
n
1 (a) [U] state of being one or a unit; oneness 单一; 唯一; 统一; 一体
*The figure on the left spoils the unity of the painting. 画中左边的人物破坏了全幅画的整体性.
(b) [C] thing consisting of parts that form a whole 统一的事物; 统一体; 整体.
2 [U](mathematics 数) the number
1 （数字）1.
3 [U] harmonyor agreement (in aims, ideas, feelings, etc) （目标、思想、情感等的）和谐, 协调, 和睦, 团结, 一致
*live together in unity 和睦地在一起生活
* Christian unity 基督教的合一
* political unity 政治上的一致
* National unity is essential in wartime. 战时举国团结一致十分重要.

npluralunities
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: unité, from Latin unitas, from unus 'one']
[U]
when a group of people or countries agree or are joined together
　economic unity
　European unity
[U]
the quality of having matching parts
　His essays often lack unity.
[C]technical
one of the three related principles that say a play should be about a single set of related events which take place in one place on one day