Made into one whole out of parts that were separate before, and now acting or looking like a single thing. It is used as an adjective in front of a noun: a unified country, a unified system, a unified response.

Made into one whole out of parts that were separate before由原本分開的部分組成一個整體，and now acting or looking like a single thing而且現在表現或看起來就像單一一個東西。It is used as an adjective in front of a noun它當形容詞用，放在名詞前面：a unified country統一的國家，a unified system整合的系統，a unified response一致的回應。

The key idea is not just that the parts are stuck together, but that they now work as one — no gaps, no arguing, no two different versions. So a unified team is one where everyone pulls the same way, and a unified database is one place where all the information lives instead of five separate files.

The key idea is not just that the parts are stuck together重點不只是部分被黏在一起，but that they now work as one而是它們現在像一個整體那樣運作 — no gaps, no arguing, no two different versions沒有縫隙、沒有爭執、沒有兩個不同版本。So所以 a unified team is one where everyone pulls the same waya unified team是大家都朝同一個方向努力的團隊，and a unified database is one place where all the information lives instead of five separate files而a unified database是所有資料都放在同一個地方，而不是分散在五個不同檔案裡。

In news and business English you will see it a lot in phrases like a unified approach, a unified message, a unified command. There it is doing quiet praise work: the speaker thinks being one is better than being split.

In news and business English在新聞和商業英語裡 you will see it a lot in phrases like你會常常看到這樣的用法 a unified approach, a unified message, a unified commanda unified approach、a unified message、a unified command。There在那裡 it is doing quiet praise work它悄悄做著讚美的工作：the speaker thinks being one is better than being split說話的人認為合一比分裂好。

That is worth noticing, because the word is not really neutral. If you say the party is unified, you are saying something good about it.

That is worth noticing這值得注意，because the word is not really neutral因為這個字其實並不中立。If you say the party is unified如果你說the party is unified，you are saying something good about it你就是在說它的好話。

It is also the past form of the verb unify, so the same word appears in sentences like "He unified the two departments" — same word, different job in the sentence.

It is also the past form of the verb unify它也是動詞unify的過去式，so the same word appears in sentences like所以同一個字也會出現在這樣的句子裡 "He unified the two departments"「He unified the two departments」 — same word, different job in the sentence同一個字，在句子裡做不同的工作。