The adverb of 'unconstitutional' — it tells you HOW something was done: in a way that breaks the constitution. Because it describes an action, it almost always attaches to a verb about an authority doing something: a president acts unconstitutionally, a government unconstitutionally detains someone, a committee unconstitutionally changes the rules.

"The adverb of 'unconstitutional'"'unconstitutional'的副詞——"it tells you HOW something was done"告訴你一件事是「怎麼」做的："in a way that breaks the constitution"用違反憲法的方式。"Because it describes an action"因為它描述的是動作，"it almost always attaches to a verb about an authority doing something"幾乎都是接在某個當權者做某件事的動詞上："a president acts unconstitutionally"總統unconstitutionally違憲地行事，"a government unconstitutionally detains someone"政府unconstitutionally違憲地拘留某人，"a committee unconstitutionally changes the rules"委員會unconstitutionally違憲地更改規則。

That is the important difference from the adjective. 'The law is unconstitutional' talks about the law itself; 'He acted unconstitutionally' talks about a person's behaviour, and it is a heavier accusation, because you are saying they knowingly went past the limits of their power.

"That is the important difference from the adjective"這和形容詞的用法有個重要的差別。"'The law is unconstitutional'"「The law is unconstitutional」這條法律違憲，"talks about the law itself"講的是法律本身；"'He acted unconstitutionally'"「He acted unconstitutionally」他違憲地行事，"talks about a person's behaviour"講的是一個人的行為，"and it is a heavier accusation"而且這是比較重的指控，"because you are saying they knowingly went past the limits of their power"因為你是在說他明知故犯，超越了自己的權限。

It is a formal word — you will meet it in news reports, legal writing and political argument far more often than in speech, partly because it is seven syllables long and nobody enjoys saying it. Common partners: act, behave, detain, seize, remove, be applied.

"It is a formal word"這是一個正式的字——"you will meet it in news reports, legal writing and political argument far more often than in speech"你在新聞報導、法律文件和政治辯論裡遇到它的機會，遠比在口語裡多，"partly because it is seven syllables long and nobody enjoys saying it"部分原因是它有七個音節，沒有人喜歡講這個字。"Common partners"常見的搭配詞是："act, behave, detain, seize, remove, be applied"act行事、behave表現、detain拘留、seize沒收、remove撤除、be applied被實施。