unification

n. 统一,一致

The unification of Italy resulted in a single country instead of several kingdoms.

意大利统一的结果是出现了一个国家，而 不是好几个王国。

Europe's plans for further unification may be up in the air, but people from Helsinki to Rome have been learning an often painful lesson in recent weeks about how entwined their economies have already become.

欧洲进一步统一的计划可以尚未定案，可是从赫尔辛基到罗马的人在最近几星期得到一个时常令人痛苦的教训：他们各国的经济已经如何地牵扯在一起了。