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Unbroken most often means continuous — going on and on with no gap and no . That is the sense to teach first: an unbroken silence, an unbroken line of trees, twenty years of unbroken service, an unbroken run of wins, an unbroken night's sleep. Here what could 'break' is not an object but a stretch of time or a line; a break would be a pause or a hole in it, and there isn't one.
Unbroken「Unbroken」 most often means最常見的意思是 continuous持續不斷的 going on and on一直進行下去 with no gap and no interruption沒有空隙也沒有中斷 That is the sense to teach first這是要先教的意思 an unbroken silencean unbroken silence（不間斷的寂靜） an unbroken line of treesan unbroken line of trees（連綿不斷的樹列） twenty years of unbroken servicetwenty years of unbroken service（二十年不間斷的服務） an unbroken run of winsan unbroken run of wins（連勝不斷） an unbroken night's sleepan unbroken night's sleep（一夜好眠不間斷） Here這裡 what could 'break'可能「break」的東西 is not an object不是一個物體 but a stretch of time or a line而是一段時間或一條線 a break would be a pause or a hole in itbreak 指的是其中的一個停頓或空缺 and there isn't one而這裡沒有
There is also the plain physical sense — an unbroken egg, an unbroken window, the seal on the box was unbroken — meaning simply 'not damaged, still whole'.
There is also還有 the plain physical sense一個單純的物理意義 an unbroken egg沒破的蛋 an unbroken window沒破的窗戶 the seal on the box was unbroken盒子上的封條完好無損 meaning simply意思就是 'not damaged, still whole'「沒有損壞、還完整」
And a third, quieter one for people: an unbroken spirit is one that hardship never crushed, close to .
And a third, quieter one for people還有第三個、比較內斂用在人身上的意義 an unbroken spirit is one that hardship never crushedan unbroken spirit 指的是不曾被磨難擊垮的意志 close to unbowed接近 unbowed（不屈）
It sits comfortably in both speech and writing, though 'unbroken' for time feels a little more literary than saying 'in a row'. The word goes back to Old English, so it is not a modern invention.
It它 sits comfortably in both speech and writing在口語和書面語裡都用得很自在 though 'unbroken' for time不過用 unbroken 來形容時間 feels a little more literary會比較多一點文學味 than saying 'in a row'比說「in a row」 The word這個詞 goes back to Old English可以追溯到古英文 so it is not a modern invention所以不是現代才發明的詞
組成un- + broken, the past participle of break. It comes down through Middle English unbroken from Old English unġebrocen, and its relatives are still alive next door: Dutch ongebroken, German ungebrochen — the same three pieces in each language.
同家族的字
- breakthe root verb
- unbreakablesame break, but about what could happen rather than what did
- heartbrokenthe same broken, used for a feeling instead of an object
原始詞典資料4 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。
unbrokenadj詞源 1/ʌnˈbɹoʊkn̩/
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Whole, not divided into parts.
- After the vase had fallen down the flight of stairs we were amazed to find it still unbroken.
- A considerable amount of unbroken stone is brought down to Ravenglass and used locally.
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Of a horse, not tamed.
- There is something majestic about the spirit of an unbroken mustang as it runs wild across the prairie.
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Continuous, without interruption.
- The team's unbroken winning streak was a record.
- The climb out of Aberdeen is a most forbidding proposition to an engine starting cold; it is quite unbroken for 7 miles up the cliffs to milepost 234.
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。