Given or done with no conditions attached — no "if", no "only when", no strings. If something is unconditional, it does not depend on the other side doing anything in return, and it cannot be taken back because a rule was broken.

Given or done with no conditions attached給予或做某件事時不附帶任何條件— no "if", no "only when", no strings，——沒有「如果」、沒有「只有在……時才」、沒有附加條件。If something is unconditional如果某件事是unconditional的it does not depend on the other side doing anything in return，它不需要對方做任何回報and it cannot be taken back because a rule was broken，也不會因為對方違反了某個規則就被收回。

Two homes for this word. In everyday emotional talk, the famous partner is love: *unconditional love* means I love you whatever you do, whether you succeed or fail. Parents, family, sometimes friendship.

Two homes for this word這個字有兩個「家」。In everyday emotional talk, the famous partner is love在日常的情感用語裡，最有名的搭檔是love（愛）：*unconditional love* means I love you whatever you do, whether you succeed or fail*unconditional love*（無條件的愛）意思是不管你做什麼、不管你成功或失敗，我都愛你。Parents, family, sometimes friendship父母、家人，有時候也包括友情。

In law, business, and politics it is more technical and much harder-edged: *unconditional surrender* (you stop fighting and get promised nothing), *an unconditional offer* (a place at the university with no exam-score requirement), *unconditional support*, *an unconditional guarantee*, *unconditional release* from prison. Notice the two feelings are quite different — the loving one is warm, the legal one is often about one side having no power to bargain.

In law, business, and politics it is more technical and much harder-edged在法律、商業和政治領域裡，它比較技術性，語氣也硬得多：*unconditional surrender* (you stop fighting and get promised nothing)*unconditional surrender*（無條件投降，停止戰鬥，而且什麼都不被承諾）*an unconditional offer* (a place at the university with no exam-score requirement)、*an unconditional offer*（無條件錄取，指大學的錄取名額不附帶考試分數的要求）*unconditional support*, *an unconditional guarantee*, *unconditional release* from prison、*unconditional support*（無條件支持）、*an unconditional guarantee*（無條件保證）、從監獄*unconditional release*（無條件釋放）。Notice the two feelings are quite different要注意這兩種感覺很不一樣— the loving one is warm, the legal one is often about one side having no power to bargain，——感情上的那個是溫暖的，法律上的那個則常常是指一方完全沒有討價還價的餘地。

There is also a rarer noun use in logic and mathematics, but a learner is very unlikely to meet it. The everyday opposite is *conditional*, and in real life most things are conditional; that is exactly why the word carries weight when someone uses it.

There is also a rarer noun use in logic and mathematics在邏輯和數學裡也有一個比較少見的名詞用法but a learner is very unlikely to meet it，但學習者很不容易遇到。The everyday opposite is *conditional*日常生活裡的反義詞是*conditional*（有條件的）and in real life most things are conditional，而現實生活裡大部分的事情都是conditional的；that is exactly why the word carries weight when someone uses it這正是為什麼有人用這個字的時候，它會顯得特別有分量。