unread
unread — 形容詞
- unreadpositive
- more unreadcomparative
- most unreadsuperlative
1. describes written material — a letter, email, book, or message — that nobody has
未讀的
尚未被打開閱讀的書信或訊息
describes written material — a letter, email, book, or message — that nobody has opened and looked at yet
The unread letter from Pedro sat on the kitchen table for weeks.
Pedro 那封未讀的信在廚房桌上放了好幾個星期。
collocation: unread letter
Imani glanced at her phone and saw twelve unread messages from work.
Imani 看了一眼手機，發現有十二封未讀的工作訊息。
collocation: unread messages
A stack of unread library books gathered dust on Benjamin's bedside table.
一堆未讀的圖書館書籍在 Benjamin 的床頭櫃上積滿灰塵。
Feng realised the important contract had sat unread in his inbox all month.
Feng 發現那份重要合約在他的收件匣裡放了整整一個月都沒讀。
The detective found the victim's diary, its final pages still unread.
警探找到受害者的日記，最後幾頁依然未被讀過。
常見錯誤
2. describes a person who has not spent much time with books or written works, and
讀書不多的
形容人閱讀量少，缺乏閱讀帶來的知識
describes a person who has not spent much time with books or written works, and so lacks the broader knowledge and perspective that comes from wide reading
Gabriel grew up in a village with no school and remained unread into adulthood.
Gabriel 在一個沒有學校的村莊長大，一直到成年都讀書不多。
pattern: remain unread (describing a person)
Though unread as a young man, Rania taught herself to love books after thirty.
Rania 年輕時讀書不多，但三十歲後自學愛上了閱讀。
pattern: unread as a [life stage]
Professor Chen shook her head at how unread her first-year literature students were.
Chen 教授對她大一文學系學生的閱讀量之少感到難以置信。
Kabir was clever but unread, relying on instinct rather than book knowledge.
Kabir 聰明但讀書不多，靠直覺而非書本知識行事。
Antonia felt unread compared to her colleagues who quoted novels at lunch.
Antonia 覺得比起那些在午餐時引用小說內容的同事，自己讀書太少。
- uneducated
broader — covers all formal learning, not only reading
- illiterate
stronger — means unable to read at all, while unread means able but not widely read
- ignorant
broader and often pejorative — lacking knowledge in general
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (NOT READ): sense 1 describes things — books, emails, letters; this sense describes a person who lacks reading experience.
常見錯誤
unread — 名詞
1. a book, email, text message, or other piece of writing that nobody has opened or
未讀訊息
尚未被讀取的郵件或簡訊
a book, email, text message, or other piece of writing that nobody has opened or looked at yet
Leo opened his email to find more than two hundred unreads waiting.
Leo 打開電子郵件，發現有超過兩百封未讀郵件等著他。
The app shows a red badge with the number of unreads on your screen.
這個應用程式會在你的螢幕上顯示一個紅色徽章，標示未讀訊息的數量。
collocation: number of unreads
Lucía sorted through her unreads, flagging the urgent ones first.
Lucía 整理她的未讀訊息，優先處理緊急的。
Imani tackled the growing pile of unreads after her holiday ended.
Imani 度假回來後，開始處理堆積如山的未讀郵件。
Anna marked every unread as read without glancing at the subject lines.
Anna 把所有未讀郵件標示為已讀，連主旨欄都沒看一眼。
- unread message
more explicit — spells out what kind of item, while 'unread' alone is a shorthand
- unread email
narrower — specifies the medium as email
用法筆記
Most often used in the plural form 'unreads'. Common in digital contexts such as email and messaging apps.