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Unasked-for describes something that arrives without anyone requesting it — and the word almost always adds a quiet complaint. The classic pairing is advice: "unasked-for advice" is the aunt telling you when to marry, the colleague explaining your own job to you. The information may even be correct; what the phrase objects to is that nobody invited it. You will also see unasked-for opinion, criticism, comment, help, and sympathy. Interestingly it works the other way too, for pleasant surprises — "an unasked-for kindness", "an unasked-for gift" — where it means the giver acted purely on their own, which makes the gift better. So the word itself is neutral; it simply says "not requested", and the surrounding noun decides whether that is or touching. Keep the when it stands before a noun. Note that the more common everyday words are unwanted (which does judge) and uninvited; the close formal cousin is unsolicited, which is what you will see on official notices and in the phrase "unsolicited emails".
沒人要求就給的、不請自來的(最常見用在「沒人問你就給的建議」)。
原始詞典資料1 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。
unasked-foradj
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Not asked for.
- A few months ago, the Belkin_G-Plus_MIMO network changed its name and gained a padlock icon in my computer’s list of available connections. Then — crickets. The era of unintentional, unasked-for or simply unacknowledged Internet sharing, it seemed, had come to an end.
- We smiled through our tears as our server placed an unasked-for glass of Thai iced tea in front of Brandt.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。