- 1無庸置疑的、不容質疑的
Used when something is so clearly true or so clearly good that no reasonable person could argue about it. You use it to shut a door: there is nothing here to discuss. It attaches most often to qualities and facts that are being praised or defended — his unquestionable talent, her unquestionable honesty, the unquestionable success of the plan, unquestionable proof. Notice that it is usually a strong compliment or a strong claim, not a neutral description. It is fairly formal; in daily speech people say 'there's no doubt about it' or 'nobody can argue with that'. There is a useful pairing to learn here. 'Questionable' means doubtful, suspicious, probably not good — questionable behaviour, a questionable decision. 'Unquestionable' is its opposite: beyond doubt. Both words are really about whether people can raise questions, but they landed in opposite places, and 'questionable' picked up a flavour along the way. One honest thing to add: 'unquestionable' says nobody CAN reasonably question it, but people often use it about things that are in fact arguable, simply to sound certain. Politicians and advertisements are fond of it. So when you meet it in the wild, it is worth asking yourself quietly whether the thing is really beyond question, or whether the writer just wants you to stop asking.
組成un-(不)+ question(質疑、提出疑問)+ -able(可以…的)=「不能被質疑的」。把 un- 拿掉就是 questionable(可疑的、有問題的),意思剛好相反,值得一起記。
同家族的字
- questionablethe same word without un- — doubtful, probably not honest or wise
- questionthe verb inside it — to doubt something, to ask whether it is true
- unquestionablythe adverb form of this same word
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。
unquestionableadj/ʌnˈkwɛs.t͡ʃən.ə.bl̩/
- 1
Undeniable, obvious.
- See the frowardneſſe of this Man, he would perſwade us that the Succeſſion and divine Right of Biſhopdom hath bin unqueſtionable through all Ages;
- Too bad Locke's idea didn't catch on; the thought of measuring things in philosophical feet has an unquestionable poignance.
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