喜樂美語
  1. 1aC1/ʌnˈwɑːntɪd/ · /ʌnˈwɒntɪd/不想要的；多餘的

    Not wanted or not needed — either because you have no use for it any more, or because it came to you and you never asked for it.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei took her unwanted books to the school library so other kids could read them.

    逐字美把她不要的書帶到學校圖書館，好讓其他小孩可以讀它們。

    「unwanted」是 un（不）+ wanted（被想要的），意思是「沒有人要、也用不到的」。它有兩種常見的情況：一種是東西你已經不需要了（unwanted books 用不到的書、unwanted clothes 不穿的衣服），另一種是別人給你、或發生在你身上，而你根本沒要求的（unwanted attention 你不想要的關注、unwanted emails 你沒訂閱的信）。可以想成：它「來了，可是沒有人向它招手」。跟 unwelcome 很近——unwelcome 更強調「來了會讓人不舒服、造成麻煩」，unwanted 只是「沒有需要」。

    常見搭配

    • unwanted gifts / unwanted clothes

      用不到的禮物／衣服

      things you were given or own but have no use for

      You can take any unwanted gifts to a charity shop.

    • unwanted attention

      不想要的關注

      notice or interest from other people that you did not ask for

      Feigning indifference, she walked away from all the unwanted attention.

    • an unwanted guest

      不速之客

      someone who comes but was not invited

      The little cat behaved like an unwanted guest at first, but nobody minded.

    • keep out / get rid of unwanted ...

      擋掉／清掉不需要的東西

      to stop something you do not want from coming in, or to remove it

      We put a screen on the window to keep out unwanted insects.

    • feel unwanted

      覺得自己不被需要

      to feel that other people do not want you around

      Nobody talked to Sam at break time, and he started to feel unwanted.

    意思相反

    wantedwelcomeneededdesired

core核心畫面

Something sitting there that nobody has a place for: either it has outlived its use, or it arrived without anyone ever asking for it.

可以想成一樣東西就擺在那裡，卻沒有人要接手。un- 把 wanted（被想要的）整個翻掉，剩下的就是「沒人要」這個狀態。它可能是曾經有用、現在用不到了；也可能從頭到尾沒人開口要，它自己就來了。畫面裡東西一直在，缺的是那個想要它的人。

同家族的字

意思相反

wantedwelcomeneededdesired

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。

unwantedadj/ʌnˈwɒntɪd/

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    Not wanted; unwelcome.

    • I rebuffed his unwanted advances.
    • Once finances are stabilised, getting Crossrail finished is Byford's most obvious task. Late and over budget, it is causing unwanted headlines and friction between the London Mayor and the Department for Transport that both sides would rather live without.

unwantednoun/ʌnˈwɒntɪd/

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    One who or that is not wanted; an undesirable.

    • What slaves they had bought to carry the goods of the interior back to the coast were the unwanteds of the villages — the persons convicted of crime who would normally have been killed or banished from their communities […]
    • There were no thoughts of hydrogen bombs or CBW or contraceptives or removing unwanteds. It was the old America, the old order restored, and the President saw that it was Good.

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