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.
雙語例句
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《權威詞典》
3. The butterfly is an example of symmetry.
蝴蝶是結構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.
人體的對稱性構成我們審美觀的基礎.
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."