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.
双语例句
1. The superpowers pledged to maintain symmetry in their arms shipments.
超级大国承诺在武器运输方面要保持数量均衡。
来自柯林斯例句
2. the perfect symmetry of the garden design
花园图案的完全对称
来自《权威词典》
3. The butterfly is an example of symmetry.
蝴蝶是结构完全对称的一个例子.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The human body has a symmetry that is basic to our sense of beauty.
人体的对称性构成我们审美观的基础.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. He said that Britain would not rejoin the ERM "until there is much greater symmetry between our economy and other European economies."