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单词 unfortified
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unfortifiedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈfɔːtᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɔrdəˌfaɪd/
(un- prefix1 2.)
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [adjective] > not
pregnable1387
unfortified1525
expugnable1570
unimmured1615
stormable1645
fenceless1740
vulnerable1790
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [adjective] > supported > not > not strengthened
unfortified1525
unstrengthened1597
unbraced1809
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxx. 484 The lorde of the Towre was sore blamed..that he had lefte that place vnfortifyed and vnprouyded.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 467 The which Beare..finding the den vnfortified..entred into the same.
1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 26 While their weak Heads, like Towns unfortify'd, 'Twixt Sense and Nonsense daily change their Side.
1775 E. Burke Speech Resol. for Concil. Colonies 24 Pouring down upon your unfortified frontiers a fierce and irresistible cavalry.
1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. xlvii. 40 Samos remained..unfortified, deprived of its fleet.
figurative.1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 96 It showes..A hart vnfortified, or minde impatient.1645 H. Hammond Of Sinnes 20 The will will be taken unfortified, and so..won to consent.1705 J. Collier Ess. Moral Subj.: Pt. III i. 14 Persons of the tenderest Age, of the most unfortified Sex,..encountred the Fury of wild Beasts.1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. x. iv. 659 A mere pecuniary interest, unfortified by any mixture of sympathy.1885 Manch. Examiner 4 Feb. 5/2 This opinion,..unfortified by legal sanction.
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