- 1aB2/ʌnˈpɑːpjələr/ · /ʌnˈpɒpjələ/不受歡迎的
Not liked by most people. You can say it about a person, or about a plan, rule, choice, or decision that most people do not want or do not agree with.
示範例句 · Example
The new rule about phones was unpopular with almost everyone in our class.
逐字那條關於手機的新規定不受我們班上幾乎每個人的歡迎。
unpopular 是 popular 前面加上 un-，意思是「大部分的人都不喜歡」。它可以說人（an unpopular teacher），也可以說一個做法或決定（an unpopular decision、an unpopular rule）——後面這種其實更常見。可以想成：popular 是很多人往它靠過去，un- 把方向轉過來，變成大家往後退。要講「不受哪一群人歡迎」，用 unpopular with＋那群人，例如 unpopular with parents。
常見搭配
unpopular with somebody
不受某群人歡迎
not liked by a particular group of people
The change to the lunch menu was unpopular with the younger students.
an unpopular decision
不受歡迎的決定
a decision that most people do not agree with
Closing the pool for repairs was an unpopular decision, but a necessary one.
extremely / deeply unpopular
極度不受歡迎
disliked by a very large number of people
The early start time proved extremely unpopular.
increasingly unpopular
越來越不受歡迎
becoming more and more disliked as time passes
Paper cups became increasingly unpopular after the school talked about waste.
an unpopular choice
不受歡迎的選擇
a choice that most people do not like
Green tea ice cream was an unpopular choice with the visitors.
core核心畫面
Put it in front of a crowd and most of the crowd turns away — they don't like it, don't want it, don't agree with it.
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。
unpopularadj
- 1
Lacking popularity.
- an unpopular opinion
- 2
Not liked or popular; disliked or ignored by the public.
- And as congressional Republicans were passing a very unpopular Trump agenda bill last month, Vice President JD Vance argued that its historic expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and new immigration enforcement provisions were so important that “everything else” was “immaterial.”
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。