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    Unadorned means plain — nothing extra has been added to make it look nicer. It describes rooms, buildings, clothes, walls, food, and writing: an unadorned white wall, an unadorned wooden table, an unadorned style of prose. To adorn something is to it, so unadorned is the absence of decoration.

    Unadorned這個字 means意思是 plain樸素——nothing extra沒有多加任何東西 has been added被加上去 to make it look nicer讓它看起來更好看。It它 describes可以形容 rooms, buildings, clothes, walls, food, and writing房間、建築、衣服、牆壁、食物、文章:an unadorned white wall一面樸素的白牆、an unadorned wooden table一張樸素的木桌、an unadorned style of prose一種樸素的文筆。To adorn something裝飾某樣東西 是就是 to decorate it把它裝飾起來,so所以 unadorned「unadorned」 是就是 the absence of decoration沒有裝飾。

    What makes the word worth learning is its tone. Unlike 'plain' or 'boring', unadorned usually carries quiet approval: it suggests clean, honest, confident simplicity, the kind a designer or a critic admires. A writer praising a poet's unadorned language means the poet trusted the words and did not dress them up.

    What makes the word worth learning這個字值得學的地方 is在於 its tone它的語氣。Unlike不像 'plain' or 'boring'「plain」或「boring」,unadorned「unadorned」 usually通常 carries帶有 quiet approval一種低調的讚許:it它 suggests暗示著 clean, honest, confident simplicity乾淨、誠實、有自信的簡單,the kind一種 a designer or a critic admires設計師或評論家會欣賞的。A writer一個作家 praising稱讚 a poet's unadorned language一位詩人樸素的用字 means意思是 the poet那位詩人 trusted the words信任這些字本身,and而 did not dress them up沒有把它們打扮起來。

    It is a formal, written word, common in reviews, architecture, and descriptions of art.

    It它 是 a formal, written word一個正式的書面用字,common常出現在 in reviews, architecture, and descriptions of art評論、建築、藝術描述裡。

    It also has a very useful figurative use with truth and facts: 'the unadorned truth' or 'the plain unadorned facts' means the story told without , , or anything added to make it more pleasant — which is a compliment to honesty, not to decoration.

    It它 also has也有 a very useful figurative use一個很好用的比喻用法 with truth and facts用在真相和事實上:'the unadorned truth'「不加修飾的真相」 or或 'the plain unadorned facts'「樸實無華的事實」 means意思是 the story told故事被講出來時 without softening, exaggeration沒有淡化、誇大,or或 anything added或加上任何東西 to make it more pleasant讓它聽起來更好聽——which而這 是 a compliment對誠實的讚美 to honesty, not to decoration而不是對裝飾的讚美。

    One thing to notice: unadorned describes something that was left plain, so it works best where decoration was possible and someone chose against it. You would not call a stone in a field unadorned; you would call a church, a dress, or a sentence unadorned.

    One thing to notice有一點要注意:unadorned「unadorned」 describes形容的是 something that was left plain本來可以裝飾卻被留成樸素的東西,so所以 it它 works best最適合用在 where decoration was possible本來有裝飾的可能性 and而 someone chose against it卻有人選擇不裝飾的地方。You你 would not call不會用它形容 a stone in a field田裡的一顆石頭 unadorned說它「unadorned」;you你 would call而會用它形容 a church, a dress, or a sentence一座教堂、一件洋裝,或一個句子 unadorned「unadorned」。

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組成un- (not) + adorned (decorated). Adorn came into English from Old French, from a Latin verb meaning to fit out or equip — the idea of putting the finishing touches on something.

同家族的字

  • adornthe verb inside it — to decorate, to add beautiful things to
  • adornmentthe decoration itself — the thing an unadorned object lacks

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。

unadornedadj/ʌˌnəˈdɔːnd/

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    Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple

    • Her clothes were unadorned, yet her beauty was undiminished.
    • This was the era of the polykatoikia, the apartment block built of unadorned concrete and typically five or six storeys high.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。