Of a room, flat, or house: with no furniture in it. This is above all a renting word.

Of a room, flat, or house用在房間、公寓或房子上：with no furniture in it裡面沒有傢俱。This is above all a renting word這主要是租屋用語。

In English-speaking countries, adverts for flats say "furnished" or "unfurnished," and the difference is money: an unfurnished flat is cheaper because you must bring your own bed, table, sofa, wardrobe. What counts as "unfurnished" varies by country and can surprise people — in Britain an unfurnished flat usually still has a cooker and often a fridge, and always has kitchen cupboards, but nothing else; in some places it means truly bare, right down to no light fittings. So it is worth asking, not assuming.

In English-speaking countries, adverts for flats say "furnished" or "unfurnished,"在英語系國家，出租公寓的廣告會寫『furnished』或『unfurnished』, and the difference is money差別在於錢：an unfurnished flat is cheaperunfurnished的公寓比較便宜 because you must bring your own bed, table, sofa, wardrobe因為你必須自己準備床、桌子、沙發、衣櫃。What counts as "unfurnished" varies by country and can surprise people『unfurnished』算什麼會因國家而異，可能讓人意外 — in Britain an unfurnished flat usually still has a cooker and often a fridge在英國，unfurnished的公寓通常還是會有爐具，常常也有冰箱, and always has kitchen cupboards, but nothing else廚房櫥櫃一定有，但其他就沒有了; in some places it means truly bare, right down to no light fittings在某些地方則是真的什麼都沒有，連燈具都沒有。So it is worth asking, not assuming所以這點值得問清楚，不要用猜的。

There is also a much older, wider sense that you will meet in older books: "unfurnished" once meant unequipped or unprepared for something in general — a mind unfurnished with knowledge, a soldier unfurnished for battle. That use is rare today and sounds old-fashioned, but it explains why the word exists: "furnish" originally meant to supply or equip with anything at all, and only later narrowed to furniture.

There is also a much older, wider sense that you will meet in older books還有一個比較老、比較廣的意思，你會在舊書裡遇到："unfurnished" once meant unequipped or unprepared for something in general『unfurnished』曾經泛指沒有配備、沒有準備好 — a mind unfurnished with knowledgea mind unfurnished with knowledge（缺乏知識的頭腦）, a soldier unfurnished for battlea soldier unfurnished for battle（沒準備好打仗的士兵）。That use is rare today and sounds old-fashioned這種用法現在很少見，聽起來很old-fashioned, but it explains why the word exists但它解釋了這個字為什麼會存在："furnish" originally meant to supply or equip with anything at all『furnish』原本的意思是供應或配備任何東西, and only later narrowed to furniture後來才縮小到專指傢俱。