1. 1(信念、態度)未曾動搖的;經歷打擊後仍不改變的

    Still holding the same belief or attitude after something happened that might have changed it. The key is that word 'after' — unshaken always looks back at a test.

    that might have changed it可能會改變它的 something某件事 happened發生了 after之後,Still還是 holding抱持著 the same belief or attitude同樣的信念或態度。The key關鍵 is就是 that word 'after''after'這個字——unshaken這個詞 always永遠 looks back at回頭看的是 a test一次考驗。

    Someone was criticised, lost an election, heard terrible evidence, and still: 'his confidence was unshaken', 'she remained unshaken in her support for him'.

    Someone有人 was criticised被批評、lost an election選舉輸了、heard terrible evidence聽到可怕的證據,and still但還是:'his confidence was unshaken''his confidence was unshaken'(他的信心毫不動搖)、'she remained unshaken in her support for him''she remained unshaken in her support for him'(她對他的支持依然不動搖)。

    This is what separates it from unshakeable. Unshakeable is a permanent quality of the belief itself, true before any test comes; unshaken is a report on what survived one particular blow. So it usually appears with words like remained, was, seemed, and often with 'by': 'unshaken by the criticism', 'unshaken by his defeat'.

    This這 is就是 separates it from讓它跟 unshakeableunshakeable 不一樣的地方。Unshakeableunshakeable is指的是 a permanent quality of the belief itself信念本身永久具備的特質,true before any test comes在任何考驗來臨之前就已經如此;unshakenunshaken is指的是 a report on what survived one particular blow撐過某一次打擊之後還留下什麼的一份記錄。So所以 it usually appears with words like remained, was, seemed常常會跟remained、was、seemed這些字一起出現,and often with 'by'也常常搭配『by』:'unshaken by the criticism''unshaken by the criticism'(面對批評依然不動搖)、'unshaken by his defeat''unshaken by his defeat'(面對他的落敗依然不動搖)。

    It is a formal word, at home in news reports, court reports, and biographies, and rare in casual chat. It can describe the person ('she was unshaken') or the thing inside them ('her loyalty was unshaken'), and both are natural.

    It is這是 a formal word正式的字,at home in news reports, court reports, and biographies常出現在新聞報導、法庭報告和傳記裡,and rare in casual chat在日常聊天裡則很少見。It can describe它可以用來形容 the person人('she was unshaken''she was unshaken'她毫不動搖)or the thing inside them或是他們內心的東西('her loyalty was unshaken''her loyalty was unshaken'她的忠誠毫不動搖),and both are natural兩種說法都很自然。

core核心畫面

組成un-(沒有被)+ shaken(shake 的過去分詞,「被搖動」)。因為用的是過去分詞,整個字的感覺是被動的:「沒有被搖動過」——所以句子裡常常跟著 by,說明是被什麼東西試探過。

同家族的字

  • shakethe root verb; shaken is its past participle
  • unshakeablethe same root with -able instead — a belief that could never be shaken, rather than one that was not shaken this time
  • unbrokenbuilt the same way, un- plus a past participle, describing what survived intact
  • unmovedsame pattern and a close cousin in meaning, though unmoved is about not being touched emotionally

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。

unshakenadj

  • 1

    Not shaken.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

  • unshake

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