Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense coheres, present participle cohering, past tense, past participle cohered
V-RECIP 连贯;有条理 If the different elements of a piece of writing, a piece of music, or a set of ideas cohere, they fit together well so that they form a united whole. 连贯;有条理
The various elements of the novel fail to cohere. [VERB]
这部小说的各部分之间缺乏连贯性。
This coheres with Peel's championing of alternative music. [VERB + with]
这与皮尔倡导另类音乐的做法一致。
The empire could not cohere as a legitimate whole. [VERB]