To bring separate parts, groups, or things together so they become one — or, said the other way round, for them to come together into one. It works both ways in English: you can unify something ("the king unified the country"), and things can unify by themselves ("the small parties unified against the new law"), though the first is far more common.

To bring把 separate parts, groups, or things分開的部分、群體、或東西 together so they become one合在一起變成一個，— or或者 said the other way round反過來說 for them to come together into one就是它們合而為一。It它 works both ways英文裡兩種用法都有 in English：you你 can unify something可以把某個東西unify（"the king unified the country"「國王統一了這個國家」），and而 things東西 can unify by themselves也可以自己unify起來（"the small parties unified against the new law"「小黨們為了反對新法聯合起來」），though不過 the first第一種 is far more common常見得多。

The big political use is the one you meet in history class: unify a country, unify a divided nation.

The big political use最大宗的政治用法 is是 the one you meet in history class你在歷史課會遇到的那種：unify a country統一一個國家、unify a divided nation統一一個分裂的國家。

But the word has spread widely into technology and business. Companies unify their systems so all the data sits in one place; a designer unifies a website so every page looks like it belongs to the same family. In that use, unify means getting rid of the messy differences between pieces that should match.

But不過 the word這個詞 has spread widely已經廣泛擴散 into technology and business到科技和商業領域。Companies公司 unify their systems把系統整合起來 so all the data sits in one place好讓所有資料都在同一個地方；a designer一個設計師 unifies a website把一個網站統整起來 so every page looks like it belongs to the same family好讓每一頁看起來都是同一家族的。In that use在這種用法裡，unify這個詞 means指的是 getting rid of消除 the messy differences between pieces that should match應該一致的部分之間那些亂七八糟的差異。

There is also a softer, human use: a leader who unifies people, a cause that unifies a community. Here it does not mean melting people into one — it means giving them one purpose so they stop pulling apart. That is worth holding on to, because unify does not always mean things physically join; sometimes it just means they now point the same direction.

There也有 is also a softer, human use一種比較柔性、人性化的用法：a leader一個領袖 who unifies people能凝聚人心的，a cause一個理念 that unifies a community能讓一個社群團結起來的。Here在這裡 it它 does not mean不是指 melting people into one把人融成一個，— it而是 means指 giving them one purpose給他們一個共同的目標 so they stop pulling apart好讓他們不再各自為政。That這 is worth holding on to值得記住，because因為 unify這個詞 does not always mean不一定是指 things physically join東西實際上結合在一起；sometimes有時候 it它 just means只是指 they now point the same direction他們現在指向同一個方向了。