Better than anything else of its kind — so much better that nothing else is even in the running. A rival is someone competing with you, so `unrivalled` literally says: this thing has no rival.

Better than anything else of its kind比同類的任何東西都好，so much better that nothing else is even in the running好到其他東西根本沒得比。A rival is對手是 someone competing with you跟你競爭的人，so所以 `unrivalled` literally saysunrivalled字面上就是說：this thing has no rival這東西沒有對手。

It is a strong word, stronger than 'excellent' or 'the best', because it does not just put something at the top of a list, it says the list has nobody else worth naming.

It is它是 a strong word很強的詞，than 'excellent' or 'the best'比 'excellent' 或 'the best' stronger更強，because因為 it does not just put something at the top of a list它不是只把某樣東西放在名單最上面，it says the list has nobody else worth naming而是說這份名單上沒有別人值得一提。

Because it is that strong, it lives in formal and advertising English: museum brochures, company websites, book reviews, obituaries. 'Her knowledge of Tang poetry was unrivalled.' 'The hotel offers unrivalled views of the harbour.' You will rarely hear a friend say it about lunch. When people do use it casually, they are usually being a bit grand on purpose, sometimes joking.

Because it is that strong因為這麼強，it lives in formal and advertising English它常出現在正式和廣告的英文裡：museum brochures, company websites, book reviews, obituaries像博物館簡介、公司網站、書評、訃聞。'Her knowledge of Tang poetry was unrivalled.'「她對唐詩的了解無人能及。」 'The hotel offers unrivalled views of the harbour.'「這間飯店的海港景色無可比擬。」 You will rarely hear a friend say it about lunch你很少會聽到朋友用這個字講午餐。When people do use it casually當人們真的隨口用它時，they are usually being a bit grand on purpose通常是故意講得誇張一點，sometimes joking有時候也是在開玩笑。

It is normally followed by nothing at all, or by 'in' or 'for': unrivalled in Asia, unrivalled for comfort. British spelling doubles the l — `unrivalled`; American writing usually has `unrivaled`. Both are correct, and Taiwan textbooks lean British, so you will see two l's here more often.

It is normally followed by它後面通常 nothing at all什麼都不接，or by 'in' or 'for'或是接 'in' 或 'for'：unrivalled in Asia, unrivalled for comfort像 unrivalled in Asia、unrivalled for comfort 這樣。British spelling doubles the l — `unrivalled`英式拼法把 l 寫兩次，也就是 unrivalled；American writing usually has `unrivaled`美式通常寫成 unrivaled。Both are correct兩種寫法都對，and Taiwan textbooks lean British而台灣課本偏英式，so you will see two l's here more often所以你比較常在這裡看到兩個 l。