unsound
英 [?n'sa?nd]
美[,?n'sa?nd]
- adj. 不健全的；不健康的；謬誤的；腐爛的；不牢靠的
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
名詞:?unsoundness;
中文詞源
unsound 不穩(wěn)妥的
un-, 不，非，sound, 健康的，穩(wěn)妥的，通常用做形容詞soundly.
英文詞源
- unsound (adj.)
- early 14c., of persons, "diseased, wounded," from un- (1) "not" + sound (adj.). Similar formation in Middle Low German unsund, Middle Dutch ongesont, German ungesund. Meaning "morally corrupt" is recorded from c. 1300; that of "not mentally healthy" is from 1540s. Sense of "not based on reasoning or fact" is attested from 1590s. Related: Unsoundly; unsoundness.
雙語例句
- 1. The thinking is good-hearted, but muddled and fundamentally unsound.
- 這個想法的出發(fā)點是好的，但是條理混亂，而且本質上是錯誤的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The national tests were educationally unsound.
- 從教育角度看，全國統(tǒng)考是不合理的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The church was structurally unsound.
- 那個教堂的結構很不堅固。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The project is environmentally unsound.
- 這個項目會破壞環(huán)境。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The use of disposable products is considered ecologically unsound.
- 使用一次性產(chǎn)品被認為是沒有顧及對生態(tài)的影響。
來自《權威詞典》