核心畫面

Picture an official list with one thing quietly missing from it. The thing has not gone anywhere — it works, it exists, you can still reach it if you already know how. It is simply not written down where people go to look. Every use of unlisted is that same picture; the only thing that changes is which list is meant.

可以想成手上有一份正式的清單,上面少了一樣東西。那樣東西並沒有消失。它還在、還能用,知道門路的人照樣找得到。它只是沒更多收起可以想成手上有一份正式的清單,上面少了一樣東西。那樣東西並沒有消失。它還在、還能用,知道門路的人照樣找得到。它只是沒有被寫進大家會去查的那份名單裡。unlisted 的每一種用法都是同一個畫面。真正會變的只有一件事:講的是哪一份清單。所以讀到這個字時,最有用的問題就是「哪一份名單」。

Two branches

核心:不在名單上

這一組就是核心畫面本身,還沒有指定是哪一份清單。

adjective · B1

Not put on a list, so it does not show up where people would normally look for it, even though it still exists.

未列出的

指定是哪一份名單

同一個畫面,把「那份清單」換成某一份真實存在的官方名單:電話簿、交易所名單、古蹟保護名單。意思沒變,變的是背景。

adjective · B2

Used about a telephone number that is kept out of the public telephone book, so that strangers cannot look it up.

未登記的(電話)