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The adverb of 'unjustifiable' — it describes HOW something was done, saying that it was done in a way no reason can excuse. Because it is an adverb, it attaches to a verb ('the police unjustifiably held him for two days') or, very often, to another adjective, where it works rather like 'far too... and there is no excuse for it': unjustifiably high prices, an unjustifiably long wait, unjustifiably harsh treatment. That second use is the one you will meet most. It is a formal word, at home in reports, journalism and legal writing, and it carries the same weight of blame as 'unjustifiable'. In everyday speech people would just say 'for no good reason at all'.
無正當理由地、說不過去地(副詞,常接在形容詞前,如 unjustifiably high 貴得毫無道理)
組成unjustifiable + -ly (the ending that turns an adjective into an adverb). Peeling further back: un- (not) + just (fair) + -ify (make) + -able (can be) + -ly (in this manner).
同家族的字
- unjustifiablethe adjective this is made from
- justifythe verb at the centre — to give a good reason for
- justlythe opposite side of the same root, with the same -ly ending
原始詞典資料1 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。
unjustifiablyadv
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In an unjustifiable manner.
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。