- 1無與倫比的、無人能及的(多用於書面、廣告;「至今沒人超越」的意思,不完全等於「最好」)
Better than anything or anyone else — so good that nothing has ever gone past it. "Surpass" means to go beyond, to do better than; so "unsurpassed" means nobody has managed to do better. It is a strong, formal, word, and you meet it most in writing: advertising, travel guides, museum labels, sports reporting, book reviews. "The view from the top is unsurpassed." "Her record remains unsurpassed after forty years." You can add a phrase to say in what way: "unsurpassed in quality", "unsurpassed for comfort", "unsurpassed by any modern player". Two things worth noticing. First, it is quieter and more careful than "the best": it says nothing has beaten this, which leaves a small door open for something equal. That is why records are described this way — a record can be matched without being surpassed. Second, because it is a marketing favourite, it can sound empty when a company uses it about its own products; native speakers half-ignore "unsurpassed customer service" the way we ignore "世界第一" on a shop sign. Used about something real — a view, a record, a piece of music — it still carries full weight.
組成un- (not) + surpassed. Surpass is sur- (over, above — from French) + pass, so "to pass over/beyond"; unsurpassed = not passed beyond by anyone.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。
unsurpassedadj
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Not exceeded by others.
- All grades of coal, deepmined and opencast, are produced, and Durham coking coal is unsurpassed for iron and steel making and is world-famous.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。