喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/ʌnˌsætəsˈfæktəri/不夠好；不令人滿意

    正式Not good enough for what is needed or expected, so people cannot accept it and it is likely to cause problems or make them unhappy.

    示範例句 · Example

    Ren's first draft was unsatisfactory, so he wrote it again with more examples.

    逐字阿仁的第一份草稿是不令人滿意的，所以他加了更多例子重寫了一次。

    「unsatisfactory」可以想成 satisfactory（夠好、合格）前面加上 un-：這件事沒有達到該有的標準，所以不能就這樣算了。它不等於「很糟」——它說的是「差了那一段」，而且通常還帶一個後果：會造成麻煩，或讓人不開心。這是比較正式的字，最常拿來形容「有標準可以看」的東西：situation（狀況）、result（結果）、arrangement（安排）、explanation（解釋）、product（產品），例如 an unsatisfactory situation。

    常見搭配

    • an unsatisfactory situation

      不理想的狀況

      a state of things that is not good enough and needs to be changed

      Many families were living far from the school, and everyone agreed it was an unsatisfactory situation.

    • highly unsatisfactory

      非常不理想

      very much below the standard people expect

      The coach said the state of the changing rooms was highly unsatisfactory.

    • an unsatisfactory explanation

      說不通的解釋

      a reason someone gives that does not really answer the question

      The website gave an unsatisfactory explanation, so Mei asked her teacher instead.

    • prove unsatisfactory

      （試過後）證明行不通

      to turn out to be not good enough after you try it

      The new timetable proved unsatisfactory and was changed after one month.

    • an unsatisfactory result

      不理想的結果

      an outcome that is below what was needed or hoped for

      The experiment gave an unsatisfactory result, so the class tried it again with cleaner water.

core核心畫面

There is a line marked 'good enough', and this thing sits below it. A picture you can hold: someone inspects the work, shakes their head, and does not accept it — the standard was not met, so the problem is still there.

有一條看不見的「這樣就可以了」的底線，而這個東西落在線的下面。satisfy 是「讓人覺得夠了、可以了」，加上 un- 就變成「達不到那條線」。想像有人檢查完你交出去的東西，搖搖頭說不行——重點不在他心情好不好，而在客觀上還差一截：品質不到、進度不到、解釋不夠清楚。所以 unsatisfactory 通常出現在比較正式的評價場合（報告、成績、服務、調查結果），意思是「這樣不能收」，而且後面往往還跟著麻煩：因為沒過關，事情得重來，或有人要不高興了。

同家族的字

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。

unsatisfactoryadj/ˌʌnsætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/

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    Inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory.

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