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Thought but not spoken. `Unsaid` almost always turns up in one fixed shape: something is *left* unsaid. That little word 'left' does a lot of work — it means the thing was there, available, could have been said, and someone chose silence instead. So it is not the same as 'nothing was said'.
Thought but not spoken想到了但沒說出口 `Unsaid` almost always turns up in one fixed shape: something is *left* unsaidunsaid幾乎總是以一種固定的形式出現:something is left unsaid(某件事被留著沒說) That little word 'left' does a lot of work「left」這個小字承擔了很多意思 it means the thing was there, available, could have been said, and someone chose silence instead它的意思是那件事本來就在那裡、可以說出來,而某人選擇了沉默 So it is not the same as 'nothing was said'所以這跟什麼都沒說不一樣
It points at a specific unspoken thing hanging in the room. The feeling around it is usually heavy. 'Some things are better left unsaid' is what people say about a truth that would only hurt. 'So much was left unsaid between them' is what you write about two people who parted badly.
It points at a specific unspoken thing hanging in the room它指的是一件懸在空氣中、具體卻沒說出口的事 The feeling around it is usually heavy它周圍的氣氛通常是沉重的 'Some things are better left unsaid' is what people say about a truth that would only hurt「Some things are better left unsaid有些話還是不說比較好」,人們這樣講一個只會傷人的事實 'So much was left unsaid between them' is what you write about two people who parted badly「So much was left unsaid between them他們之間有好多話沒說出口」,是用來寫兩個鬧翻分開的人
There is often regret, , or tension in it. Occasionally it is warm — an understanding so complete it needs no words — but the sad reading is far more common.
There is often regret, tact, or tension in it裡面常常帶著遺憾、體貼,或緊張 Occasionally it is warm — an understanding so complete it needs no words — but the sad reading is far more common偶爾它也可以是溫暖的——一種完全不需要言語的默契——但悲傷的解讀常見得多
It is a past participle used as an adjective, and it sits after the verb (left unsaid, remained unsaid, went unsaid) far more often than before a noun. 'The unsaid words' is possible in writing but sounds arranged; 'unspoken' is the word most people reach for in front of a noun.
It is a past participle used as an adjective它是當形容詞用的過去分詞 and it sits after the verb (left unsaid, remained unsaid, went unsaid) far more often than before a noun而且放在動詞後面(left unsaid、remained unsaid、went unsaid)的頻率,遠比放在名詞前面高 'The unsaid words' is possible in writing but sounds arranged「the unsaid words那些沒說出口的話」在書面上是可以的,但聽起來有點刻意 'unspoken' is the word most people reach for in front of a noun放在名詞前面的時候,大多數人會用「unspoken」這個字
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。
unsaidadj詞源 2
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Unspoken.
- We discussed the terms, but the methods were left unsaid.
- Informal techniques, if properly written, can be quite readable and comprehensible; unfortunately, it is easy to leave unsaid details that must be specified, or to misgeneralise and produce inconsistencies.
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。