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Still without an answer or an ending. An unresolved problem has not been fixed; an unresolved question has not been answered; an unresolved argument is still hanging in the air. The key feeling is that the matter is not closed and is still sitting there, waiting.
Still仍然 without an answer or an ending沒有答案或沒有結束。An unresolved problem未解決的問題 has not been fixed還沒被解決;an unresolved question未解決的疑問 has not been answered還沒被回答;an unresolved argument未解決的爭執 is still hanging in the air還懸在那裡。The key feeling關鍵的感覺 is是 that the matter is not closed這件事還沒結束 and is still sitting there, waiting還停在那裡、等著。
It is used for concrete things (an unresolved dispute between two companies, an unresolved case at the police station) and for feelings (unresolved anger, unresolved grief, unresolved issues between a parent and a child). That second use is very common in everyday talk about relationships and therapy: 'they have a lot of unresolved stuff' means old trouble nobody dealt with.
It它 is used for用在 concrete things具體的事情上 (an unresolved dispute between two companies兩間公司之間未解決的糾紛, an unresolved case at the police station警局裡懸而未破的案子) and for feelings也用在情緒上 (unresolved anger未消化的怒氣, unresolved grief未走完的悲傷, unresolved issues between a parent and a child親子之間未解開的心結)。That second use第二種用法 is very common in everyday talk about relationships and therapy在日常談感情和心理諮商時很常見:'they have a lot of unresolved stuff'「they have a lot of unresolved stuff」 means意思是 old trouble nobody dealt with一堆沒人處理過的舊問題。
It is a formal word but not a rare one — news reports and ordinary conversation both use it.
It它 is a mildly formal word算是稍微正式的字 but not a rare one但不是罕見的字 — news reports and ordinary conversation both use it新聞報導和日常對話都會用。
In computing it has its own life: an unresolved link or unresolved reference means the computer could not find what a name points to.
In computing在電腦領域 it它 has its own life有自己的意思:an unresolved link or unresolved reference「unresolved link」或「unresolved reference」 means意思是 the computer could not find what a name points to電腦找不到某個名稱指向的東西。
Notice it usually comes before a noun; 'the problem remains unresolved' is the common way to use it after a verb.
Notice請注意 it它 usually comes before a noun通常放在名詞前面;'the problem remains unresolved'「the problem remains unresolved」 is the common way to use it after a verb是放在動詞後面的常見用法。
組成un- (not) + resolved. 'Resolve' means to settle a problem or bring it to an end, so unresolved = not settled.
同家族的字
- resolutionsame root; the settling or ending of something
- solveshares the Latin root solvere, to loosen or set free
原始詞典資料4 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。
unresolvedadj詞源 1
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For which no solution has been found.
- If the Chairman has been convinced of all this why is the matter still unresolved?
- Ultimately, Furst suggests that each generation is condemned to live out its parents’ unresolved stories, over and over, fuguelike.
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human-sciencespsychologysciencesNot yet processed or resolved.
- unresolved trauma
- The psychotherapist encouraged patients to describe their unresolved emotional problems.
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Not determined; unfixed in one's purpose.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。