单词 | un- |
释义 | un-/ʌn/prefix 1(Added to adjectives, participles, and their derivatives) denoting the absence of a quality or state; not: unabashed unacademic unrepeatable 1.1The reverse of (usually with an implication of approval or disapproval, or with another special connotation): unselfish unprepossessing unworldly 2(Added to nouns) a lack of: unrest untruth UsageThe prefixes un- and non- both mean ‘not’, but there is often a distinction in terms of emphasis. un- tends to be stronger and less neutral than non-: consider the differences between unacademic and non-academic, for example (his language was refreshingly unacademic; a non-academic life suits him). OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin in- and Greek a-. |
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