词汇释义
asymmetrical TEM8 TOEFL GRE
UK /eɪ.sɪˌmet.rɪk.əl/ US /eɪ.sɪˌme.trə.kəl/
adj, Something that is asymmetrical has two sides or halves that are different in shape, size, or style. 不对称的
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外刊例句
1. All women may be left with chronic pain, loss of sensation or asymmetrical breasts, among other complications, the agency said.(New York Times)
2. The wood paneling bows in slightly, adding curves in a room filled with asymmetrical lines and angles.(Washington Post)
3. For the women, skirts hovered just below the knee, some in an asymmetrical design.(Seattle Times)
4. Sometimes asymmetrical, it worked well alongside designer Lucas Ossendrijver’s signature use of layering.(Seattle Times)
5. All women may be left with chronic pain, loss of sensation or asymmetrical breasts, among other complications, the agency said.(New York Times)
6. The wood paneling bows in slightly, adding curves in a room filled with asymmetrical lines and angles.(Washington Post)
7. Sometimes asymmetrical, it worked well alongside designer Lucas Ossendrijver’s signature use of layering.(Seattle Times)
8.That and his ability to find what he and his marketing folks like to call “asymmetrical trades,” where there is great profit potential and little risk.(BusinessWeek)
9. Subsequent hairstyles he promoted included an asymmetrical, peek-a-boo bob and a short, closely curled look called the “greek goddess.”(Washington Post)
10. The relationship between Britain and Picasso was asymmetrical.(BusinessWeek)
11. Another concern is that the approach would necessarily be asymmetrical.(Reuters)
12. It may also be true – sometimes – that "the uncorrelated and asymmetrical" cycles of investment banking and retail banking serve to reduce risk.(The Guardian)
词汇搭配
asymmetrical shape, warfare, design, line
词汇家族
asymmetric, asymmetrically, asymmetry
词汇来源
1680s; see asymmetry + -ical. Other forms that have served as an adjective based on asymmetry are asymmetral (1620s), asymmetrous (1660s), and asymmetric (1839); only the last seems to have any general currency.
近义词
unbalanced, unsymmetrical,askew, awry, crooked, tilted, tipping, uneven, contorted, disordered, distorted, irregular
反义词
balanced, symmetrical (or symmetric),ordered, orderly, regular, uniform, even, level, straight
