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  1. 1aA2/ʌnˈjuːʒuəl/不尋常的

    Different from what is normal, common, or what usually happens.

    示範例句 · Example

    It's unusual for Dave to be late — he's normally the first one here.

    逐字戴夫遲到是不尋常的——他通常是第一個到這裡的。

    「unusual」就是 un-（不）+ usual（平常的），意思是「跟平常不一樣」。它是中性的——可以是好的驚喜（unusual 的才華），也可以是奇怪的狀況，重點只在「少見、不常發生」。它比 strange（怪，常帶負面）溫和：unusual 只說「不常見」，strange 還多了「怪怪的、讓人不安」的味道。常跟 It's unusual for... 這個句型一起用。

    常見搭配

    • it's unusual for someone to do something

      某人做某事很反常

      it does not normally happen that someone does this

      It's unusual for Sam to miss football practice.

    • something/anything unusual

      不尋常的事物

      a thing that is different from normal

      Let me know if you see anything unusual.

    • extremely/highly unusual

      極為罕見的

      very rare or strange

      It was a highly unusual decision for the school to make.

    意思相近

    unusualrareuncommonstrangeoddexceptionalout of the ordinary

core核心畫面

Picture the shape most things take — the way it usually goes, what you would expect to see. Unusual marks the one that sits outside that shape: not wrong, not bad, just not what normally happens.

可以想成：大部分情況長成某個樣子，那是你預期看到的。unusual 標的就是落在那個樣子外面的那一個——不是錯，也不一定不好，只是跟平常不一樣。

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意思相近

rareuncommonstrangeoddexceptionalout of the ordinary

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。

unusualadj/ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/

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    Not usual, out of the ordinary.

    • Every once in a while, though, Idol comes across an unusual talent who just blows everyone away.
    • It’s definitely not unusual for a couple to meet through friends or be set up on a date.

unusualnoun/ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/

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    Something that is unusual; an anomaly.

    • I should say that it was very unusual for such men to leave a bottle half empty. How do all these unusuals strike you, Watson?
    • Two of these unusuals have been selected for special effort throughout the season. They are kneeling pads and water-proof garden gloves. During the bulb planting season they are displayed with the bulbs […]

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