harmonizing
和解
中医
Harmonize \Har"mo*nize\ (h[aum]r"m[-o]*n[imac]z), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. {Harmonized} (-n[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Harmonizing} (-n[imac]"z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. harmoniser. ]
1. To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to
agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism
harmonize.
2. To be in peace and friendship, as individuals, families,
or public organizations.
3. To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord;
as, the tones harmonize perfectly.
- Mrs. Thatcher again attacked the European Economic Community's plans for a social charter harmonizing workers' rights in Britain and the 11 other member states.
- The driving bass lines, joyous percussion and wailing saxophone join with the Queens' playful, sometimes dissonant, harmonizing to make an uplifting sound designed for dancing.
- Arthur Andersen & Co. of Chicago said Tuesday that serious problems in harmonizing regulations, taxes and technology among the countries would prevent integration of the 12-nation trading bloc on schedule.
- Its aim, the company says, is to "create a new culture harmonizing humanity and nature." Japan imported $1.553 billion worth of paintings in 1989, through the end of October, according to statistics provided by the Ministry of Finance.
- An unemployment rate for all 12 EC nations wasn't available because of difficulty in harmonizing statistics from Spain, Portugal and Greece with the rest of the EC.
- Two Transit Authority cops amused the crowd outside the New York Stock Exchange by harmonizing on "Shultz and Shevardnadze," to the tune of "Some Enchanted Evening," while waiting for the motorcade to roll by the cathedral of capitalism.
- The society, based on the modest American harmonizing of the latter 19th century, was formed in 1938 in Tulsa, Okla., by two businessmen.
- Now, however, the European Community is gradually harmonizing financial regulation, eroding some of Luxembourg's advantages over other member states.