Picture money that was supposed to change hands and has not: the bill still sitting there. Which side you look from decides the meaning — from the bill's side it is still owed, from the worker's side no money ever came for the hours put in.

可以想成:本來該轉手的一筆錢,還沒轉——那張帳單還擺在那裡。從哪一邊看,意思就往哪邊走:從帳單那邊看,是還沒繳;從做事的人那邊看,是做了卻沒領到錢。

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原始詞典資料2 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。

unpaidadj/ʌnˈpeɪd/

  • 1

    Not paid for.

    • an unpaid bill
    • Plea, that R. and E. being ſeiſed of lands, were diſſeiſed by plaintiff, who demiſed to defendent;^([sic]) R. and E. re-entered before any rent was unpaid.
  • 2

    Of work: done without agreed payment, usually voluntarily.

    • an unpaid position
    • Farm labor is a critical input in agricultural production. Farm operators provide just about half of all labor hours in agriculture, most of which are unpaid. An additional 18 percent of farm labor hours are unpaid hours provided by farm household members, partners, and others.

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。