Not thought of before — and, in most of the sentences you will meet, better or bigger than anyone had thought of before. It is a written, slightly grand word, and it almost always sits in front of a noun about scale or success: unimagined riches, unimagined freedom, unimagined possibilities. The feeling is that the world went past what people had allowed themselves to hope for.

Not thought of before前所未想過的——and而 in most of the sentences you will meet在你會遇到的大多數句子裡，better or bigger than anyone had thought of before比任何人先前想過的更好或更大。It它 is a written, slightly grand word是個書面、稍微誇張的字，and而 it almost always sits in front of a noun幾乎都放在名詞前面 about scale or success關於規模或成功：unimagined riches unimagined riches（意想不到的財富）、unimagined freedom unimagined freedom（意想不到的自由）、unimagined possibilities unimagined possibilities（意想不到的可能性）。The feeling這種感覺 is that世界 the world went past超越了 what people had allowed themselves to hope for人們原本敢抱的希望。

There is a plainer use too, meaning simply "nobody pictured this", which can be neutral or even dark: "the unimagined cost of the war". But if a student meets this word in a novel or a speech, it is usually opening a door onto something wonderful.

There有 is a plainer use too還有一個較平淡的用法，meaning simply意思單純是「nobody pictured this（沒人想到過這個）」，which它 can be neutral or even dark可以是中性的甚至是灰暗的："the unimagined cost of the war"「the unimagined cost of the war（戰爭那沒人料到的代價）」。But不過 if a student meets this word如果學生在小說或演講裡 in a novel or a speech遇到這個字，it它 is usually opening a door通常是在打開一扇門 onto something wonderful通往美好的事物。

Note the difference from unimaginable: unimaginable is about what the mind CAN do — this thing is beyond the mind's power. Unimagined is about what the mind DID do — nobody happened to think of it, though they could have.

Note請留意 the difference from unimaginable和unimaginable的差別：unimaginable unimaginable is about是關於 what the mind CAN do心智能不能做到——this thing這件事 is beyond the mind's power超出心智的能力範圍。Unimagined Unimagined is about是關於 what the mind DID do心智有沒有做到——nobody沒有人 happened to think of it剛好想到過它，though雖然 they could have他們其實可以想到。