unpave

IPA/ʌnpˈeɪv/
IPA/ʌnpˈeɪv/

unpave — 動詞

  • unpavepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • unpaves3rd person singular
  • unpaving-ing form
  • unpavedpast simple

1. to take up a road's concrete, asphalt, or stone surface, clearing it away so tha

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

拆除鋪面

移除道路或地面的硬質鋪層

to take up a road's concrete, asphalt, or stone surface, clearing it away so that earth, grass, or soil lies exposed underneath

例句

The city council voted to unpave the old parking lot and plant grass and trees there.

市議會投票決定拆除舊停車場的鋪面,並在那裡種植花草樹木。

unpave + noun phrase (parking lot) for urban restoration

Mei-Lin hired workers to unpave her driveway so she could put in a garden.

美琳僱工人拆除她車道的鋪面,以便打造一座花園。

同義詞
  • depave

    more technical and environmentally-focused; used in urban ecology

  • remove

    general word; less specific — removing can apply to any object, not just pavement

  • tear up

    informal; suggests physical destruction of the surface

反義詞
  • pave

    the direct opposite — to cover a surface with concrete, asphalt, or stone

文法句型

unpave + noun phrase (road, path, parking lot, driveway)

用法筆記

Most commonly used in passive constructions (be unpaved) and in contexts of urban renewal, environmental restoration, or landscaping. The noun object is typically a man-made surface area such as a road, parking lot, driveway, or courtyard.

常見錯誤

They unpaved the carpet in the living room.
They unpaved the patio in the backyard.
💡unpave only applies to hard outdoor surfaces like concrete, asphalt, or stone, not to indoor floor coverings.