unkempt
【考法 1】 adj. 凌亂的,無序的: lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
【例】 unkempt hotel rooms 凌亂的酒店房間
【近】 slovenly, slipshod, sloppy, unneat, untidy, topsy-turvy, jumbled
【反】 bandbox, neat, orderly, organized, shipshape, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered 有序的,井井有條的
unlettered
【考法 1】 adj. 未受教育的,文盲的: not adept at reading and writing; deficient in the knowledge that can be acquired from books. illiterate
【例】 unlettered sector of society 未受教育的地區(qū)
【近】 ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, untutored
【反】 educated, knowledgeable, erudite, literate, schooled, well-informed, well-read 博學的,受過教育的
unpretentious
【考法 1】 adj. 低調的,謙遜的: lacking pretension or affectation; modest
【例】 an unpretentious virtuoso 一位謙虛的大師
【近】 demure, down-to-earth, lowly, meek, unassuming, humble, modest, unostentatious
【反】 arrogant, bumptious, conceited, egotistic, fastuous, haughty, imperious, lordly, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, self-asserting, supercilious, superior, toplofty, uppish, flamboyant,
ostentatious 傲慢的,自負的
【考法 2】 adj. 坦誠的,自然的: free from any intent to deceive or impress others
【例】 a simple and unpretentious account about growing up in the rural South 一段簡單坦率的關于在南部鄉(xiāng)村成長經(jīng)歷的敘述
【近】 artless, genuine, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive, simple, sincere, true, unpretending
【反】 affected, artful, artificial, assuming, dissembling, dissimulating, fake, guileful, insincere, phony 做作的,虛偽的
unproductive
【考法 1】 adj. 徒然的,無效的: not productive; idle
【例】 her attempts to write a novel have been unproductive 她一直想寫本小說的努力只是徒然
【近】 abortive, barren, fruitless, otiose, profitless, unavailing, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain
【反】 deadly, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, potent, productive, profitable, successful, virtuous, telling 有效的
unrequited
【考法 1】 adj. 無報答的,無報酬的: not reciprocated or returned in kind
【例】 unrequited love 無報答的愛
【近】 unreciprocated
【反】 remunerative, gainful, lucrative, profitable 有報酬的
unruly
【考法 1】 adj. 難駕馭的,不守規(guī)矩的: difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule.
【例】 an unruly child 一個不聽話的孩子
【近】 indocile, indomitable, intractable, recalcitrant, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, insubordinate
【反】 amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, submissive, tractable, subdued, mild, manageable, disciplined 順從的,守紀律的
untenable
【考法 1】 adj. 防守不住的,站不住腳的: not able to be defended
【例】 an untenable position 一個站不住腳的立場
【近】 assailable, controversial, open to question 可質疑的
【反】 unassailable, undeniable, irrefutable, indisputable, unexceptionable, unimpeachable 無可指責的,無懈可擊的
untold
【考法 1】 adj. 數(shù)不清的,無數(shù)的: too great or numerous to count
【例】 untold wealth 不知其數(shù)的財富
【近】 incalculable, innumerable, countless, innumerous, uncountable, uncounted
【反】 countable, enumerable, numberable, quantifiable, calculable 可以計算的
untoward
【考法 1】 adj. 倒霉的,不吉利的: not favorable, unpropitious
【例】 an untoward incident 不幸的事故
【近】 unpropitious, unlucky, misfortunate, unfortunate
【反】 auspicious, propitious, favorable, fortunate 吉利的,幸運的
【考法 2】 adj. 難以馴服的,難以駕馭的: given to resisting control or discipline by others
【例】 a program for untoward teenagers that is designed to give them the kind of discipline that their parents were unable or unwilling to administer 一個以任性、桀驁不馴青少年為對象的項目,旨在彌補家長管教不周之處
【近】 froward, headstrong, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, unruly, wayward, willful
【反】 controllable, governable, manageable, tractable 易管教的,順從的
unwitting
【考法 1】 adj. 不知道的,未覺察的: not knowing, unaware
【例】 Please forgive my unwitting interruption of your conversation. 請原諒我無意間打斷了你們的談話。
【近】 unaware, ignorant
【反】 acquainted, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, grounded, informed, knowing, mindful 有意識
的
【考法 2】 adj. 偶然的,并非有意的: happening by chance; not intended
【例】 an unwitting mistake made in copying the material 在打印過程中一個無心的過失
【近】 casual, chance, fluky, fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintentional
【反】 calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, prepense 故意的,蓄意的
adj. 不屈不撓的