An unpaved road, path, or yard has no hard covering on top — no asphalt, no concrete, no bricks or stones laid down. You are walking or driving straight on whatever is underneath: dirt, gravel, sand, mud.

An unpaved road, path, or yard has no hard covering on topunpaved road、path、yard指的是上面沒有硬鋪面——no asphalt, no concrete, no bricks or stones laid down沒有柏油、沒有水泥，也沒有鋪磚頭或石頭。You are walking or driving straight on whatever is underneath你走的或開車經過的，就是底下原本的東西：dirt, gravel, sand, mud泥土、碎石、沙子、爛泥。

It is the plain opposite of 'paved', and it is used almost only about surfaces you travel on — roads, streets, tracks, driveways, parking areas, sometimes a courtyard or an airstrip. The word itself is neutral and slightly official; you meet it in news reports, travel writing, government reports about villages and rural areas ('most of the roads there are still unpaved'). In ordinary talk people usually say 'dirt road' or 'gravel road' instead, which is friendlier and also tells you what the surface actually is.

It is the plain opposite of 'paved'這個字就是「paved」的反義詞，and it is used almost only about surfaces you travel on而且幾乎只用在你會走過或開過的路面上——roads, streets, tracks, driveways, parking areas, sometimes a courtyard or an airstrip像道路、街道、小徑、車道、停車場，有時也用在庭院或飛機跑道。The word itself is neutral and slightly official這個字本身中性，帶點官方味；you meet it in news reports, travel writing, government reports about villages and rural areas常出現在新聞報導、旅遊文章、談鄉村地區的政府報告裡，('most of the roads there are still unpaved')像「most of the roads there are still unpaved」。In ordinary talk people usually say 'dirt road' or 'gravel road' instead平常說話大家通常會說「dirt road」或「gravel road」，which is friendlier and also tells you what the surface actually is這樣講比較親切，也直接告訴你路面到底是什麼。

Note what unpaved does NOT promise: it does not mean the road is bad or unusable — a well-kept gravel road can be perfectly fine to drive on — though in practice the word does often carry a hint of 'rough, dusty, gets muddy when it rains, slow going', because that is what such roads are usually like. It also does not mean 'not yet finished'; some roads are unpaved on purpose and always will be.

Note what unpaved does NOT promise要注意unpaved並不保證什麼：it does not mean the road is bad or unusable不代表這條路很爛或不能用——a well-kept gravel road can be perfectly fine to drive on一條維護良好的碎石路開起來可能完全沒問題——though in practice the word does often carry a hint of 'rough, dusty, gets muddy when it rains, slow going'不過實際上這個字常常帶著一點「顛簸、多灰塵、下雨會泥濘、開得慢」的暗示，because that is what such roads are usually like因為這種路通常就是這樣。It also does not mean 'not yet finished'它也不代表「還沒完工」；some roads are unpaved on purpose and always will be有些路本來就故意不鋪，以後也不會鋪。

One more thing: it is almost always used before a noun ('an unpaved road'), and it sounds a bit odd standing after 'be' — people say 'the road isn't paved' far more often than 'the road is unpaved', though both are correct.

One more thing再多說一點：it is almost always used before a noun這個字幾乎都放在名詞前面 ('an unpaved road')（像「an unpaved road」），and it sounds a bit odd standing after 'be'放在「be」動詞後面聽起來會有點怪——people say 'the road isn't paved' far more often than 'the road is unpaved'大家說「the road isn't paved」的頻率遠高於「the road is unpaved」，though both are correct雖然兩種說法都對。