核心畫面

You watch it, you look for a pattern so you can say what comes next — and there isn't one. Whatever happened before tells you nothing about what happens now.

你盯著一樣東西看,想找出規律好推測下一步——結果找不到。predict 是「事先說出來」,un- 把它取消掉:不是「更多收起你盯著一樣東西看,想找出規律好推測下一步——結果找不到。predict 是「事先說出來」,un- 把它取消掉:不是「難猜」,而是「前面發生的事根本不能拿來推後面」。這個字的重點在於「線索失效」:連續五天出太陽,第六天照樣可能下暴雨;你昨天摸清他的脾氣,今天完全不管用。所以英文裡它常帶一點不安的味道——不能預測,就沒辦法事先準備。

One branch

沒有規律可循

這個家族就是核心畫面本身,再依「對象是事物」還是「對象是人」分成兩個方向。

impossible to predict · adjective · B2

Changing a lot and following no regular pattern, so that it is impossible to know what will happen next.

難以預測的

原始詞典資料2 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。

unpredictableadj

  • 1

    Unable to be predicted.

    • It has, therefore, always been a major problem for South African railways to cater adequately for this unpredictable city; three stations have had to be built on the present site during the last fifty years.
    • Sharks are not unpredictable; for the most part, they do exactly what an apex predator is expected to do.

unpredictablenoun

  • 1

    An unpredictable thing.

    • Other unpredictables, like the recent unexpected blizzards and those of 2 years ago, or a hurricane can cost us many thousands of dollars, and have a severe impact on equipment and facilities.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。