Unlicensed means without the official permission paper you are supposed to have.

Unlicensed meansUnlicensed的意思是 without the official permission paper沒有那張官方許可證 you are supposed to have你原本應該要有的。

It works two ways. It describes a person: an unlicensed driver has no driving licence, an unlicensed doctor is practising without the qualification the law requires. And it describes a business or activity: an unlicensed taxi, an unlicensed guesthouse, unlicensed street trading. Both carry the same weight — this is not allowed, and someone could be fined or shut down.

It它 works two ways有兩種用法。It它 describes a person一種是形容人：an unlicensed driver has no driving licenceunlicensed driver（無照駕駛）是沒有駕照的人，an unlicensed doctor is practising without the qualification the law requiresunlicensed doctor（無照醫生）是沒有法律要求的資格卻在執業的人。And而 it它 describes a business or activity另一種是形容一個生意或活動：an unlicensed taxi, an unlicensed guesthouse, unlicensed street tradingunlicensed taxi（無照計程車）、unlicensed guesthouse（無照民宿）、unlicensed street trading（無照擺攤）。Both兩種用法 carry the same weight的份量是一樣的——this is not allowed這是不被允許的，and someone could be fined or shut down可能會被罰款或勒令關門。

It is a legal and news word, formal in tone; you see it in newspaper reports and government notices far more than you hear it in conversation, where people just say 'he doesn't have a licence'.

It這 is a legal and news word是個法律和新聞用語，formal in tone語氣正式；you你 see it在...裡看到它的機率 in newspaper reports and government notices在報紙報導和政府公告裡 far more than you hear it in conversation遠比在對話裡聽到它高得多，where在那裡 people只 just say人們只會說 'he doesn't have a licence'「he doesn't have a licence（他沒有執照）」。

One special use worth knowing: in Britain, a place that is 'licensed' is legally allowed to sell alcohol, so an 'unlicensed restaurant' does not mean an illegal restaurant — it means one that cannot serve you wine or beer, and often you may bring your own. In computing and publishing, 'unlicensed' software or an unlicensed copy means one you have no permission to use — a pirated copy.

One special use worth knowing有一個特別的用法值得知道：in Britain在英國，a place that is 'licensed'一個地方如果是「licensed（有執照的）」 is legally allowed to sell alcohol代表它合法可以賣酒，so所以 an 'unlicensed restaurant' does not mean an illegal restaurant「unlicensed restaurant（無照餐廳）」並不是指違法的餐廳——it means one而是指那種 that cannot serve you wine or beer不能供應你紅酒或啤酒的餐廳，and而且 often you may bring your own通常你可以自己帶酒去。In computing and publishing在電腦和出版的領域裡，'unlicensed' software or an unlicensed copy「unlicensed」的軟體或unlicensed copy（無授權副本） means指的是 one you have no permission to use一份你沒有使用許可的——a pirated copy也就是盜版。

The word is almost always used before a noun.

The word這個字 is almost always used幾乎總是被用 before a noun放在名詞前面。