事情沒被填滿
該倒進杯子的是一件事：一個夢想、一個承諾、一批貨。事情還沒發生，所以杯子還空著。
adjective · B2
Used about a hope, dream, promise, wish or plan that has not happened and has not been made real.
未實現的
核心畫面
There is a small word hiding in the middle of this one: fill. To fulfil something is to fill it up to the line that was promised — the dream comes true, the person has enough, the order goes out of the door. Un- puts the cup back down still empty. That is the whole word: something was measured out and expected, and it has not arrived yet. What changes between the uses is only what was supposed to be poured in.
這個字中間藏著一個小字：fill，裝滿。fulfil 就是把某樣東西倒到當初講好的那條線：夢想成真了、人覺得夠了、訂…更多收起
這個字中間藏著一個小字：fill，裝滿。fulfil 就是把某樣東西倒到當初講好的那條線：夢想成真了、人覺得夠了、訂單出貨了。un- 把杯子放回桌上，裡面還是空的。整個字就是這個意思——有一個份量是被期待的，但它還沒到。三個用法的差別，只在原本該倒進去的是什麼東西。From the word’s history
The word is simply un- plus fulfilled. The un- goes back through Old English and Proto-Germanic to an old way of saying not, and it is the same un- you meet in unhappy and unknown.
這個字就是 un- 加上 fulfilled。un- 一路往前接到古英語和更早的日耳曼語，意思一直都是「不」。它和 unhappy、unknown 前面那個 un- 是同一個。
Wiktionary etymology tree supplied in packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1417816411): From un- + fulfilled; un- traced through Old English un- to Proto-Germanic *un-.
Two branches
人沒被填滿
該倒進杯子的變成一個人心裡要的份量。日子看起來很滿，感覺卻還缺一塊。
adjective · B2
Feeling that your job, your life or a relationship is not giving you enough, and that you could be doing or becoming more.
覺得不滿足