unused
unused — 形容詞
1. describing something that is not currently being used, or has never been used at
未使用；閒置
目前沒在用或從未用過的
describing something that is not currently being used, or has never been used at all — for example, a ticket that was bought but never taken to the gate, or a room that has been empty for months.
Tomás found three unused train tickets in his coat pocket.
Tomás 在外套口袋裡找到三張未使用的火車票。
attributive position: unused + noun
The spare bedroom has been unused since Ilan moved out.
Ilan 搬走之後，那間客房就一直閒置著。
predicative position: be + unused
Lakshmi donated several unused blankets to the winter shelter.
Lakshmi 捐了好幾條用都沒用過的毯子給冬令救濟中心。
When the factory closed, more than half the machines sat unused.
工廠關閉後，超過一半的機器都閒置在那裡。
Christopher picked up an unused canvas and began to paint.
Christopher 拿起一塊全新的畫布，開始作畫。
- idle
focuses on temporary inactivity, often of machines, factories, or resources
- vacant
emphasises that a space (room, seat, building) is empty and available
- new
for items that have never been opened or worn; overlaps with the 'never used' sub-meaning
- unoccupied
slightly more formal; used for buildings, seats, or land
用法筆記
Can appear before a noun (an unused ticket) or after a linking verb (the ticket is unused).
常見錯誤
2. not comfortable with or experienced in a particular situation, activity, or cond
不習慣的
對某事不熟悉、不適應的
not comfortable with or experienced in a particular situation, activity, or condition — for example, someone who has lived in a hot climate for years and is unused to snow.
After years working indoors, Hiro was unused to standing for long hours.
Hiro 在室內工作多年，不習慣久站。
pattern: unused to + gerund
Sirin was unused to the dry desert heat and drank water all day.
Sirin 不習慣乾燥的沙漠高溫，整天都在喝水。
pattern: unused to + noun phrase
Reuben was unused to waking before sunrise, so he bought three alarms.
Reuben 不習慣天亮前起床，所以買了三個鬧鐘。
The new students were unused to such strict school rules.
新生們很不習慣學校這麼嚴格的規定。
Léa felt unused to the deep silence of the countryside after city life.
Léa 過慣了城市生活，覺得很不適應鄉間深沉的寂靜。
- unaccustomed
slightly more formal; interchangeable in most contexts
- not used to
the common alternative in everyday speech; same meaning and grammar
- unfamiliar with
focuses on lack of knowledge rather than lack of comfort; can modify nouns
- new to
less formal; emphasises recent exposure (e.g., 'new to the job')
- accustomed to
the direct opposite: comfortable with something through experience
- used to
the everyday opposite; familiar and comfortable with a situation
文法句型
unused + to + noun
unused + to + gerund
用法筆記
Used only predicatively (the person is unused to something), never before a noun. The 'to' is a preposition, so it can be followed by a noun or a gerund (unused to getting up early), never by a bare infinitive.