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Unbridled describes a feeling or behaviour that nobody is holding back, and it usually carries a warning. Common partners: unbridled anger, unbridled greed, unbridled ambition, unbridled power, unbridled capitalism.
Unbridled這個字 describes a feeling or behaviour that nobody is holding back形容一種沒有人在克制的情緒或行為,and it usually carries a warning而且通常帶有警告的意味。Common partners常見的搭配詞:unbridled anger不受控制的憤怒、unbridled greed無止盡的貪婪、unbridled ambition毫無節制的野心、unbridled power不受約束的權力、unbridled capitalism放任的資本主義。
The picture inside it is a horse: a bridle is the leather straps on a horse's head that let the rider steer and stop it, so an unbridled horse is one that runs wherever it likes with nobody in control. That is why the word is usually a criticism — the thing is not being steered by anyone.
The picture inside it is a horse這個字背後的畫面是一匹馬:a bridle is the leather straps on a horse's head that let the rider steer and stop it韁繩是套在馬頭上的皮帶,讓騎士可以操控、停下馬,so an unbridled horse is one that runs wherever it likes with nobody in control所以'unbridled的馬'就是沒有韁繩、想跑哪就跑哪、沒人能控制的馬。That is why the word is usually a criticism這就是為什麼這個字通常帶批評意味——the thing is not being steered by anyone因為那個東西沒有人在駕馭它。
There is one warm exception you will meet often: 'unbridled joy' and 'unbridled enthusiasm', where the lack of control is delightful rather than dangerous.
There is one warm exception you will meet often有一個你會常遇到的溫暖例外:'unbridled joy' and 'unbridled enthusiasm''unbridled joy'(毫無保留的喜悅)和'unbridled enthusiasm'(毫不掩飾的熱情),where the lack of control is delightful rather than dangerous這裡的'沒有節制'是討喜的,不是危險的。
It is a formal, written word, mostly used in front of a noun. Compare , which is about size with no edge, and neutral or positive; unbridled is about control, and the missing control is the point.
It is a formal, written word這是個正式的書面用字,mostly used in front of a noun大多放在名詞前面。Compare unbounded比較一下unbounded,which is about size with no edge, and neutral or positive這個字講的是大小沒有邊界,語感中性或正面;unbridled is about controlunbridled講的是控制,and the missing control is the point'失去控制'正是這個字的重點。
組成un- + bridled, from bridle, the head-straps used to control a horse. Bridled means 'fitted with a bridle, under control'; unbridled means the straps are off. Here un- can be read either way — 'not bridled' or 'with the bridle taken off' — and both readings land in the same place.
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。
unbridledadj
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Not fitted with a bridle.
- an unbridled horse
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Without restraint or limit.
- unbridled capitalism
- She jumped into the project with unbridled enthusiasm.
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 Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。