单词 | unfulfilled |
释义 | unfulfilled (ʌnfʊlfɪld ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you use unfulfilled to describe something such as a promise, ambition, or need, you mean that what was promised, hoped for, or needed has not happened. Do you have any unfulfilled ambitions? ...angry at unfulfilled promises of jobs and decent housing. The election had raised hopes that remain unfulfilled. 2. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you describe someone as unfulfilled, you mean that they feel dissatisfied with life or with what they have done. You must let go of the idea that to be single is to be unhappy and unfulfilled. He admitted that he still feels unfulfilled as a footballer. Collocations: unfulfilled potential It was an act of wanton social vandalism that has condemned generations to lives of unfulfilled potential. The Sun I keep reading about people with unfulfilled potential. The Sun He put mischief in the hearts of the club's supporters, a little germ of bitter discontent at some imagined unfulfilled potential. Times, Sunday Times His story has become one of unfulfilled potential. Times, Sunday Times The great cover versions almost all emerge when someone spots unfulfilled potential in a song where the original performance was only half realised. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 未实现的 Japanese: 実現していない |
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