核心畫面

A helpful way to picture it: 'ease' is being able to settle — you sit back, your shoulders drop, nothing needs watching. 'Un-easy' takes that away. You cannot quite settle: something in the situation is not finished or not safe, so a small part of you stays alert, waiting to see what happens next. It is not fear or panic — it is the low hum of not being able to relax.

ease 是「放得下來」——你可以往後靠、肩膀鬆掉,沒有什麼需要盯著。un-easy 就是把這個「放得下來」拿走。你更多收起ease 是「放得下來」——你可以往後靠、肩膀鬆掉,沒有什麼需要盯著。un-easy 就是把這個「放得下來」拿走。你沒辦法真的安定下來:情況裡有某個東西還沒收尾、還不確定安不安全,所以你心裡總有一小塊沒有下班,一直在等著看接下來會怎樣。它不是恐懼、也不是驚慌,而是那種「鬆不掉」的低頻嗡嗡聲。有趣的是,這個「鬆不掉」可以住在人身上,也可以住在一段時間、一段關係、甚至一片安靜裡。

Three branches

人心裡鬆不掉:擔心、不安

這是核心畫面直接落在「人」身上的樣子:不安定的感覺長在某個人的心裡。

worried, uneasy · adjective · B2

Worried or a little afraid, because you feel that something bad might happen and you cannot fully relax until you know everything is all right.

不安的

局面鬆不掉:表面停戰、底下還緊

同一個「鬆不掉」搬到局面上:不是某個人放不下心,而是整個情況本身還沒真的安定。

tense (peace) · adjective · B2

Used about a time when people have agreed to stop fighting or arguing, but things are still tense underneath and the trouble could easily start again.

表面平靜的

東西本身鬆不掉:睡不安穩、笑得不自在

核心畫面轉去形容「那個東西本身缺了安穩」,而不是形容心裡的感受或政治局面。

not fully relaxed · adjective · B2

Not comfortable, calm, or relaxed — used about things like sleep, a silence, a laugh, or a relationship in which people are never fully at ease with each other.

不安穩的;不自在的

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。

uneasyadj詞源 1/ʌnˈiːzi/

  • 1

    rareNot easy; difficult.

uneasyadj詞源 2/ʌnˈiːzi/

  • 1

    Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety.

    • I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?
    • Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.
  • 2

    Not easy in manner; constrained

    • He was behaving in an uneasy way.
  • 3

    Causing discomfort or constraint

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。