• n. 對稱（性）；整齊，勻稱

sym-,一起，一致，-metry,測量，詞源同 meter,optometry.引申詞義對稱。

symmetry (n.)

1560s, "relation of parts, proportion," from Middle French symmétrie (16c.) and directly from Latin symmetria, from Greek symmetria "agreement in dimensions, due proportion, arrangement," from symmetros "having a common measure, even, proportionate," from assimilated form of syn- "together" (see syn-) + metron "meter" (see meter (n.2)). Meaning "harmonic arrangement of parts" first recorded 1590s.

1. The superpowers pledged to maintain symmetry in their arms shipments.

超級大國承諾在武器運輸方面要保持數(shù)量均衡。

來自柯林斯例句

2. the perfect symmetry of the garden design

花園圖案的完全對稱

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. The butterfly is an example of symmetry.

蝴蝶是結(jié)構(gòu)完全對稱的一個例子.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The human body has a symmetry that is basic to our sense of beauty.

人體的對稱性構(gòu)成我們審美觀的基礎(chǔ).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He said that Britain would not rejoin the ERM "until there is much greater symmetry between our economy and other European economies."

他說在英國經(jīng)濟與其他歐洲國家的經(jīng)濟實現(xiàn)更大的趨同性之前，英國不會重新加入歐洲匯率機制。

來自柯林斯例句