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Not reacting. It covers three situations that feel quite different but share one shape — you push, and nothing comes back.
Not reacting沒有反應。 It covers它涵蓋 three situations三種情況 that feel quite different感覺上差很多 but share one shape但都有同一個形狀 you push你去推 and nothing comes back卻沒有任何回應
First, people: someone who does not answer your calls, emails or questions, or who sits there giving you nothing. 'The company was unresponsive to our complaints' means they ignored us. This is a polite, slightly cold way to say it, common in formal complaints because it sounds factual rather than angry.
First第一種 people是關於人 someone指一個人 who does not answer your calls, emails or questions不回你的電話、email或問題 or who sits there giving you nothing或是坐在那裡什麼反應都沒有 'The company was unresponsive to our complaints'「The company was unresponsive to our complaints(這家公司對我們的投訴沒有回應)」 means they ignored us意思就是他們不理我們 This is a polite, slightly cold way to say it這是一種禮貌、但有點冷淡的說法 common in formal complaints常用在正式投訴裡 because it sounds factual rather than angry因為聽起來像在陳述事實,而不是在生氣
Second, and importantly, medicine: an unresponsive patient is not reacting to voice or touch — unconscious, or close to it. If you hear 'the patient was unresponsive on arrival', that is serious.
Second第二種 and importantly而且很重要 medicine是醫療上 an unresponsive patient一個unresponsive的病人 is not reacting to voice or touch對聲音或觸碰都沒有反應 unconscious, or close to it意思是失去意識,或接近這樣 If you hear如果你聽到 'the patient was unresponsive on arrival'「the patient was unresponsive on arrival(病人送到時已經沒有反應)」 that is serious這代表情況很嚴重
Third, machines: an unresponsive screen or app has frozen; you tap it and nothing happens. It can also mean not affected by something, as in 'the was unresponsive to treatment' — the treatment was tried, and the illness did not change.
Third第三種 machines是機器 an unresponsive screen or app一個unresponsive的螢幕或App has frozen就是當機了 you tap it你點下去 and nothing happens卻什麼都不會發生 It can also mean它也可以指 not affected by something不受某件事影響 as in就像 'the tumour was unresponsive to treatment'「the tumour was unresponsive to treatment(腫瘤對治療沒有反應)」 the treatment was tried治療已經嘗試過了 and the illness did not change但病情沒有改變
Note the word is neutral about blame. A person can be unresponsive because they are rude, or because they are hurt, or because they are unconscious; the word only reports the silence.
Note要注意 the word is neutral about blame這個字對於該怪誰是中立的 A person可以是一個人 can be unresponsive沒有反應 because they are rude因為他很沒禮貌 or because they are hurt或因為他受傷了 or because they are unconscious或因為他失去意識了 the word only reports the silence這個字只是在陳述那個沉默的狀態
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。
unresponsiveadj
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Not responsive; unreactive.
- Two women were found unresponsive in a car along with the likely culprit – four coolers of dry ice – Friday morning in Pierce County, Washington, CNN affiliate KOMO reports.
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Indifferent or apathetic; emotionless.
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。