核心畫面

Picture standing in the middle of something and thinking: this cannot actually be happening. From that gap between what is in front of you and what your mind will accept come the other two uses — plans that do not match real life, and the spoken use where something is so good it feels impossible.

可以想成:人就站在事情中間,腦中卻閃過一句「這不可能是真的吧」。從「眼前發生的事」和「腦袋願意相信的事」之間那道落差更多收起可以想成:人就站在事情中間,腦中卻閃過一句「這不可能是真的吧」。從「眼前發生的事」和「腦袋願意相信的事」之間那道落差,長出另外兩個用法:一個是計畫離現實太遠,一個是口語裡「好到不像真的」。

From the picture

口語的讚嘆

把「不敢相信」直接拿來當稱讚:好到讓人覺得不像真的,於是就用這個字喊出來。

amazing (spoken) · adjective · B1

Spoken: very exciting or excellent.

超讚;太扯了

Also in this word

dreamlike, hard to believe · adjective · B1

So strange that it feels more like a dream than something really happening.

不真實;虛幻

not realistic · adjective · B2

Not related to real things that happen; not matching real life.

不切實際

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。

unrealadj/ʌnˈɹi.əl/

  • 1

    Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.

    • The word ‘ivory’ rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse. By Jove! I’ve never seen anything so unreal in my life.
    • "The Boy's Uncle made me Real," he said. "That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."
  • 2

    informalvery impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.

    • The video includes unreal footage of an eight-metre wave.
    • I just had an unreal hamburger.

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