喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture reaching for something and finding the door shut: the thing exists, it just cannot be had right now. English uses the same word whether what you cannot get is a product, a seat, or a person's time.

可以想成：伸手去拿，卻發現門是關的——東西存在，只是這個時候拿不到。不管拿不到的是商品、位子，還是某個人的時間，英文…更多收起可以想成：伸手去拿，卻發現門是關的——東西存在，只是這個時候拿不到。不管拿不到的是商品、位子，還是某個人的時間，英文都用同一個字。它的口吻中性而客氣，正因為不說原因，所以在公告和公事場合特別好用。

原始詞典資料3 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。

unavailableadj/ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl/

  • 1

    obsoleteUnavailing; ineffective.

    • To recriminate now, he said, would be as exasperating as unavailable.
  • 2

    Not available.

    • This product is unavailable at the moment, but we hope to order more by next week.
    • A cold, reserved man, he was seen as emotionally unavailable.

unavailablenoun/ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl/

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    historyhuman-sciencessciencesA communist who operated underground and was therefore not available for a political leadership position.

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。