Not read. You use it for books, letters, emails, messages — anything with words in it that nobody has looked at yet. "I still have three unread books on my shelf." "She has 400 unread emails." It says nothing about whether the thing is good or bad; it only says the reading has not happened.

Not read沒有被讀過 You use it for books, letters, emails, messages這個字用在書、信、email、訊息上 anything with words in it that nobody has looked at yet任何有文字、但還沒人看過的東西 'I still have three unread books on my shelf.''I still have three unread books on my shelf.'（我書架上還有三本沒看過的書） 'She has 400 unread emails.''She has 400 unread emails.'（她有400封未讀郵件） It says nothing about whether the thing is good or bad它完全沒說這東西好不好 it only says the reading has not happened它只是說「還沒被讀」這件事

Two small things worth knowing. First, it usually sits in front of the noun (an unread book, unread messages) rather than after the verb — people say "the book is still unread" but it sounds a bit written-down, a bit formal; in speech you would more often say "I haven't read it yet." Second, on phones and computers "unread" has become a kind of label: the little red number on your app is your unread count, and you can mark a message as unread again after you have read it, to remind yourself to come back to it. That last use is strange if you think about it — you did read it, but you told the machine you didn't. Nobody finds this odd anymore.

Two small things worth knowing有兩個小地方值得知道 First, it usually sits in front of the noun (an unread book, unread messages)第一它通常放在名詞前面（像an unread book、unread messages） rather than after the verb而不是放在動詞後面 people say 'the book is still unread'人們會說'the book is still unread' but it sounds a bit written-down, a bit formal但聽起來有點書面、有點正式 in speech you would more often say 'I haven't read it yet.'口語裡比較常說的是'I haven't read it yet.'（我還沒讀） Second, on phones and computers 'unread' has become a kind of label第二在手機和電腦上'unread'變成了一種標籤 the little red number on your app is your unread count App上那個小紅色數字就是你的未讀數 and you can mark a message as unread again after you have read it你也可以在已經讀過之後把一則訊息重新標成未讀 to remind yourself to come back to it提醒自己之後要回來看 That last use is strange if you think about it仔細想想最後這個用法很奇怪 you did read it, but you told the machine you didn't你明明讀過了卻告訴機器你沒讀 Nobody finds this odd anymore但現在已經沒有人覺得這奇怪了

There is also a much rarer, older use where an unread person means someone who has not read much, who is not well-read. You will meet this in old novels and almost never in speech. If you want to say someone reads a lot, the normal word is well-read, and its opposite in real conversation is just "he doesn't read much."

There is also a much rarer, older use還有一個更少見、更老式的用法 where an unread person means someone who has not read much指一個unread的人是讀書讀得不多的人 who is not well-read也就是不是「博覽群書」的人 You will meet this in old novels你會在舊小說裡遇到這個用法 and almost never in speech但口語裡幾乎不會用 If you want to say someone reads a lot如果你想說一個人很愛讀書 the normal word is well-read一般用的字是well-read and its opposite in real conversation is just 'he doesn't read much.'而它在真實對話裡的反義說法就只是'he doesn't read much.'（他不太看書）