- 1從容不迫的、不慌不忙的(慢,但是是舒服的慢,帶讚美意味)
Moving or happening slowly, and — this is the important half — calmly, with no sign of stress. An unhurried walk, an unhurried breakfast, an unhurried voice.
Moving or happening slowly動作或事情發生得慢,and — this is the important half而且——這是重要的另一半——calmly, with no sign of stress很平靜,沒有一絲緊繃的樣子。An unhurried walk, an unhurried breakfast, an unhurried voice像an unhurried walk、an unhurried breakfast、an unhurried voice。
English has plenty of words for slow, and most of them are complaints: sluggish, , slow-moving, behind schedule. 'Unhurried' is the kind one.
English has plenty of words for slow英文有很多形容慢的詞,and most of them are complaints而大部分都是在抱怨:sluggish, dawdling, slow-moving, behind schedule像sluggish、dawdling、slow-moving、behind schedule。'Unhurried' is the kind one而'unhurried'是那個帶著善意的一個。
It says the slowness is chosen, comfortable, even attractive. A doctor who is unhurried makes you feel looked after; a doctor who is slow makes you look at your watch. That difference is the whole reason the word exists.
It says the slowness is chosen, comfortable, even attractive它說的是那種慢是自己選的、很舒服,甚至很有吸引力。A doctor who is unhurried一位unhurried的醫生 makes you feel looked after會讓你感覺被好好照顧;a doctor who is slow而一位slow的醫生 makes you look at your watch則會讓你一直看錶。That difference這個差別 is the whole reason the word exists就是這個詞存在的全部理由。
It describes people, their movements, their speech, and also whole scenes and periods of time: an unhurried afternoon, the unhurried pace of village life. Because it praises calm, it turns up constantly in travel writing, restaurant reviews and descriptions of the countryside.
It describes people, their movements, their speech它形容人、他們的動作、他們說話的樣子,and also whole scenes and periods of time也形容整個場景和一段時間:an unhurried afternoon, the unhurried pace of village life像an unhurried afternoon、the unhurried pace of village life。Because it praises calm因為它稱讚的是那種平靜,it turns up constantly in travel writing, restaurant reviews and descriptions of the countryside它常常出現在旅遊寫作、餐廳評論,還有描寫鄉間的文字裡。
It is fairly formal and much more written than spoken. In speech people say 'nice and slow', 'taking his time', 'relaxed', 'no rush'.
It is fairly formal and much more written than spoken它相當正式,寫的時候用得比說的時候多得多。In speech在口語裡 people say 'nice and slow', 'taking his time', 'relaxed', 'no rush'人們會說'nice and slow'、'taking his time'、'relaxed'、'no rush'。
core核心畫面
組成un- (not) + hurried (匆忙的), from the verb hurry. The un- is the ordinary negative one, from Old English un-.
同家族的字
- hurrythe verb underneath: to move fast because there is not enough time
- hurriedthe opposite: done too fast, a hurried meal, a hurried apology
- unhurriedlythe adverb built from this word
原始詞典資料1 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。
unhurriedadj
- 1
Not hurried; not rushed.
- She proceeded at a moderate, unhurried pace.
- Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。