- 1aB2
/ˌʌnkənˈtroʊld/ · /ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊld/
Uncontrolled feelings or behaviour keep going because the person is not holding them back or trying to stop them.
不加克制的；放任的
核心畫面
Think of something that was never held on a leash, or whose leash has been let go: the feeling or the behaviour just keeps running in whatever direction it wants. The word points at the missing hand — nobody is pulling it back.
可以想成一條沒有人牽的繩子：情緒或行為就這樣一路衝出去，沒有人拉住牠。這個字真正指的其實是「少了那隻手」——不是說那…更多收起
可以想成一條沒有人牽的繩子：情緒或行為就這樣一路衝出去，沒有人拉住牠。這個字真正指的其實是「少了那隻手」——不是說那個東西多強烈，而是說沒有人在踩煞車。所以 uncontrolled anger 不只是很生氣，而是生氣的人沒有去收住它；uncontrolled laughter 是笑到自己也停不下來。原始詞典資料2 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。
uncontrolledadj
- 1
Not controlled; not under control.
- Into the gnarled uncontrolled hand swaying over the bunk the dog laid his paw.
- 2
civil-engineeringengineeringnatural-sciencesLacking the usual traffic control devices, such as traffic lights, pedestrian signals, pavement markings, traffic signs, or a crossing guard.
- uncontrolled crossing
- uncontrolled intersection
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。