- 1（語音學）非重音的、輕讀的。談單字時說「非重音節」，談句子時說「弱讀」。注意：形容人放鬆不能用這個字，那要說 relaxed。
This is a word from language class. In English, the parts of a word () are not all said with the same strength.
This這 is a word是一個字 from language class來自語言課. In English在英文裡, the parts of a word一個字裡的部分 (syllables音節) are not all said並不是都 with the same strength用同樣的力氣說.
One part gets pushed harder, louder, longer — that one is stressed. The other parts are said more softly and quickly — those are unstressed.
One part有一部分 gets pushed harder, louder, longer被念得更用力、更大聲、更長 — that one那個部分 is stressed就是重音. The other parts其他部分 are said more softly and quickly被念得比較輕、比較快 — those are unstressed那些就是非重音.
In 'BANana', 'ba' and 'na' at the end are unstressed. Whole words can be unstressed too, inside a sentence: in 'I can DO it', the word 'can' is unstressed and comes out sounding like 'kn', not 'can'.
In 'BANana'在'BANana'這個字裡, 'ba' and 'na' at the end結尾的'ba'和'na' are unstressed是非重音. Whole words整個字 can be unstressed too也可以是非重音, inside a sentence在句子裡: in 'I can DO it'在'I can DO it'這句裡, the word 'can''can'這個字 is unstressed是非重音, and comes out sounding like 'kn'唸起來像'kn', not 'can'而不是'can'.
That is why English sounds so fast to Chinese speakers — the unstressed parts get squeezed almost to nothing, and the vowel very often turns into the same lazy 'uh' sound (teachers call it schwa). This is the single biggest reason a listener with good grammar can still miss what a native speaker said: the unstressed words are the ones that disappear.
That is why這就是為什麼 English sounds so fast英文聽起來這麼快 to Chinese speakers對中文母語者來說 — the unstressed parts那些非重音的部分 get squeezed almost to nothing會被壓縮到幾乎消失, and the vowel而母音 very often常常 turns into變成 the same lazy 'uh' sound同一個懶懶的'uh'音 (teachers call it schwa老師稱之為schwa). This這 is the single biggest reason是最大的一個原因, a listener with good grammar為什麼一個文法很好的聽者 can still miss還是會聽不懂 what a native speaker said母語者說了什麼: the unstressed words非重音的字 are the ones that disappear就是消失不見的那些.
'Unstressed' is a technical term. Dictionaries, pronunciation books, and teachers use it; you will rarely hear it at a dinner table.
'Unstressed' 'Unstressed' is a technical term是一個專業術語. Dictionaries, pronunciation books, and teachers字典、發音書和老師 use it會用它; you你 will rarely hear it很少會聽到它 at a dinner table在餐桌上聊天時.
Careful: a person who is relaxed is NOT 'unstressed' in normal English — for people we say 'not stressed' or 'relaxed'. This word belongs to sounds.
Careful小心: a person who is relaxed一個人放鬆 is NOT 'unstressed'並不是'unstressed' in normal English在一般英文裡 — for people形容人 we say我們會說 'not stressed' or 'relaxed''not stressed'或'relaxed'. This word這個字 belongs to sounds是屬於發音的字.
core核心畫面
組成un- (not) + stressed (having stress on it), from the noun 'stress' meaning force or pressure. In this word 'stress' keeps its old sense of physical force, which is where the modern 'feeling pressure' sense also came from.
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。
unstressedadj/ʌnˈstɹɛst/
- 1
Not stressed or accentuated.
- Type D half-lines ending in words of this type are analysed by Hutcheson as ending in two completely unstressed syllables. That analysis must be descriptively correct for, say, the 10th cent.; whether it would have fitted the facts in the 8th cent. is much less clear.
- Due to the shape of the aspect infixes, ‹er› and ‹ol›, it is possible for the pseudovowels to occur immediately after their consonantal counterpart, as in *p‹ol›lltxe. When this happens in an unstressed syllable, the pseudovowel disappears, poltxe.
- 2
Not subject to stress.
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。