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/ʌnˈsuːtəbəl/
Not having the right qualities for a particular person, purpose, or situation, so it does not fit what is needed. Used about things, places, times, and also about people who are not right for a job.
不適合的
比較級 more unsuitable最高級 most unsuitable
核心畫面
A piece that does not fit the hole it is being put into. A picture you can hold: the thing itself may be fine — good quality, nothing wrong with it — but for this person, this purpose, this occasion, it is simply the wrong shape.
一塊東西被放到一個洞口上,形狀對不起來。suit 本來就是「配得上、合得來」,un- 一加,就成了「合不上」。這個字…更多收起
一塊東西被放到一個洞口上,形狀對不起來。suit 本來就是「配得上、合得來」,un- 一加,就成了「合不上」。這個字最重要的一點是:它講的不是東西本身好不好,而是「跟這個場合/這個人/這個目的搭不搭」。一雙很貴的高跟鞋沒有任何毛病,但拿去爬山就是 unsuitable;一部電影拍得很好,但對六歲小孩就是 unsuitable。所以它永遠隱含一個對象——不適合「誰」、不適合「做什麼」——只是那個對象有時候沒說出口,靠上下文補。原始詞典資料1 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。
unsuitableadj/ʌnˈsuːtəbəl/
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Not suitable.
- The great so-called seaport of T‘ien-ching (Tientsin), some 75 miles to the southeast, actually lies 40 miles from the sea on the Hai Ho, which is unsuitable for any but light navigation.
- It is intended to develop San Lourenzo^([sic]) into a deep-water port, as Guayaquil is highly unsuitable because of drifting silt banks and a thirty-mile river approach.
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。