With nobody standing against you. It turns up most often in elections and politics: if a candidate is unopposed, no other person is running for that job, so they simply win. Newspapers love the phrase 'elected unopposed' or 'ran unopposed'.

With nobody standing against you沒有人跟你競爭。It turns up most often in elections and politics最常出現在選舉和政治場合：if a candidate is unopposed如果一個候選人是unopposed，no other person is running for that job就代表沒有其他人在角逐那個職位，so they simply win所以他就直接當選了。Newspapers love the phrase報紙很愛用這個說法'elected unopposed' or 'ran unopposed''elected unopposed'（同額當選）或'ran unopposed'（無人競爭參選）。

It also stretches to any situation where a plan, an idea, or an army meets no resistance — a motion passes unopposed at a meeting because nobody voted against it; soldiers march in unopposed because no one fights back. The word works both as an adjective ('an unopposed candidate') and as an adverb-like word after a verb ('she won unopposed'), which is unusual and worth noticing.

It also stretches to any situation where a plan, an idea, or an army meets no resistance它也可以延伸到任何計畫、想法或軍隊沒有遇到阻力的情況：a motion passes unopposed at a meeting because nobody voted against it一項提案在會議上unopposed通過，因為沒有人投反對票；soldiers march in unopposed because no one fights back士兵unopposed地開進去，因為沒有人反擊。The word works both as an adjective ('an unopposed candidate')這個字既可以當形容詞，像'an unopposed candidate'一位unopposed的候選人，and as an adverb-like word after a verb ('she won unopposed')也可以像副詞一樣放在動詞後面，像'she won unopposed'她unopposed地贏了，which is unusual and worth noticing這點滿特別、值得注意。

There is a quiet feeling attached to it that dictionaries do not always mention: winning unopposed sounds a little hollow. If your teacher says you were elected unopposed, the compliment is smaller — you did not beat anyone, you were just the only one there.

There is a quiet feeling attached to it that dictionaries do not always mention這個字帶有一種字典不一定會提到的微妙語感：winning unopposed sounds a little hollowunopposed贏得的勝利聽起來有點空洞。If your teacher says you were elected unopposed如果老師說你是elected unopposed（同額當選），the compliment is smaller這句稱讚的份量其實比較小——you did not beat anyone, you were just the only one there你並沒有打敗誰，你只是當時唯一在場的人。

In sport commentary you may hear 'unopposed' used loosely for a player with no defender near them, though 'unmarked' is the usual football word.

In sport commentary you may hear 'unopposed' used loosely for a player with no defender near them在體育轉播裡，你可能會聽到有人鬆散地用'unopposed'來形容附近沒有防守球員的球員，though 'unmarked' is the usual football word不過足球裡通常會用'unmarked'這個字。