- 1過分地、離譜地（多用於形容時間、價格、程度誇張到不合理）
To a degree that is outrageous — far past what anyone should have to accept. The adverb of *unconscionable*, and in real writing it lives almost entirely in the excess sense rather than the moral one. Its favourite job is intensifying an adjective about amount or time: *unconscionably long*, *unconscionably slow*, *unconscionably expensive*, *unconscionably late*. You can feel the speaker's in it; it is a complaint dressed in a formal coat. It also attaches to verbs: *the case dragged on unconscionably*, *they delayed unconscionably*. The moral use exists — *he behaved unconscionably towards his family* means he acted in a way no decent conscience could allow — and there it is genuinely serious, not just . Context tells you which one you are hearing: with a number or a measurement, it means ' much'; with *behaved*, *treated*, or *acted*, it means 'wrongly'. It is a written, educated word; in speech people reach for *ridiculously long* or *insanely expensive*. Say it un-CON-shun-a-blee.
組成unconscionable + -ly. Inside that: un- (not) + conscionable (from conscience: Latin con- 'thoroughly' + scire 'to know'). The -ly is the standard adverb ending from Middle English, telling you how or to what degree.
同家族的字
- unconscionablethe adjective this adverb is built from
- consciencethe root idea — what the word says is being offended
- conscientioussame conscience root, meaning careful and guided by it
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
unconscionablyadv
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In an unconscionable manner.
- Unconscionably, they and their outliers in the hard Brexit media have attempted to stifle debate and question those who demand proper scrutiny of the most significant political and economic challenge to Britain in decades.
- “[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。