喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/ˌʌnəkˈseptəbəl/無法接受的

    So wrong or bad that you think it should not be allowed to happen or go on. It is used about the way someone behaves, and also about a level or an amount that is too high to be allowed.

    示範例句 · Example

    Ms. Lin told the class that laughing at someone's accent is unacceptable.

    逐字林老師告訴全班，嘲笑別人的口音是無法接受的。

    unacceptable 的核心意思是「錯到、糟到不該被允許」——說這個字的人不只是不喜歡，而是認為這件事必須停下來或改掉，等於在畫一條線。它可以講行為（unacceptable behaviour 不該被允許的行為），也可以講數字或程度（unacceptable levels of pollution 高到不該容許的污染量）。這個字可以想成當場被組起來：un-（不）＋ accept（接受、收下）＋ -able（能被…的）＝「不能被收下的」；也因為它本身分量已經很重，英文習慣配 totally、completely、quite，而不是 very。

    常見搭配

    • unacceptable behaviour

      不該被允許的行為

      a way of acting that should not be allowed

      This sort of behaviour is completely unacceptable in our club.

    • totally unacceptable

      完全不能接受

      completely wrong; not allowed at all

      He said the noise from the party was totally unacceptable.

    • socially unacceptable

      在社會上不被接受的

      not allowed by the people around you, even if it is not against the law

      Talking loudly on the train is socially unacceptable here.

    • unacceptable levels of something

      高到不該容許的程度／含量

      an amount of something that is too high to be allowed

      The report found unacceptable levels of noise near the school.

    • be unacceptable to somebody

      某人無法接受某件事

      if something is unacceptable to someone, they will not agree to it

      The offer was unacceptable to the workers, so the talks went on.

    • regard something as unacceptable

      把某件事視為不能接受的

      to officially think of something as something that should not be allowed

      The city regards dumping rubbish in the park as unacceptable.

core核心畫面

Think of a line that people have drawn, and something that falls outside it. Calling a thing 'unacceptable' is not just saying you dislike it — it is saying it is bad enough that it should not be allowed to stand or to continue. The word carries a demand for it to stop.

可以想成有一條大家心裡畫好的線，而某件事落在線外面。說一件事 unacceptable，不只是「我不喜歡」，而是「這已經糟到不該被容許繼續下去」——這個字裡面帶著一個要求：它得停。所以它常出現在投訴、批評、開會攤牌的場合。

同家族的字

比較級 more unacceptable最高級 most unacceptable

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

unacceptableadj/ˌʌn.ækˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/

  • 1

    Unsatisfactory; not acceptable.

    • "This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm."
    • The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created to own not just the railways, but also London Underground, docks, inland waterways, and some road haulage activities. Its remit was to operate on a break-even basis, with sustained losses unacceptable.
  • 2

    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesNot conforming to accepted usage.

unacceptablenoun/ˌʌn.ækˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/

  • 1

    Something that is not acceptable.

    • Second, the data collected using CASEMAP afford us the opportunity to conduct market segmentation analyses based on the similarity in the pattern of unacceptables and/or the benefits that consumers seek in the category.

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