- 1無法居住的、不適人居的（房子被判定不能住、星球不能住人都用這個字）
If a place is uninhabitable, people cannot live there. Not 'do not want to' — cannot. Something makes it impossible: no water, no air, poison, radiation, cold, or a building so damaged that it is unsafe to sleep in. You will meet it in two very different places. First, in news about disasters and housing: after the earthquake, half the flats were declared uninhabitable — that is an official word, said by inspectors and insurance companies, and it has legal weight. Second, in science writing about planets and climate: Venus is uninhabitable; parts of the world may become uninhabitable if temperatures keep rising. In both cases the word is about the place, not about anyone in particular. People sometimes stretch it as a joke — 'my brother's room is uninhabitable' — and everyone understands that this is an , which is exactly why it is funny.
組成un-（不）＋ inhabit（居住）＋ -able（可以…的）。inhabit 來自拉丁文 habitāre「住」，本身又和 habēre「持有、保有」有關——住在某處，就是長久地「握著」那個地方。
同家族的字
- inhabitto live in a place — the verb underneath
- inhabitantthe person who lives there
- habitatthe place an animal or plant lives, same habitāre
- habitfrom Latin habēre 'to have, to hold' — a thing you keep doing
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。
uninhabitableadj/ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/
- 1
Not fit for people (or other living things) to live in; not able to be inhabited.
- The earthquake left many homes in the area uninhabitable.
- Though this island seem to be desert,— […] Uninhabitable and almost inaccessible,—
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。