unmitigated + [noun]
作定语时,unmitigated 常放在抽象名词前,用于强调完全否定或负面的性质。
The trip was an unmitigated disaster from start to finish.
这次旅行从头到尾是一场彻头彻尾的灾难。
未缓和的;未减轻的;完全的;十足的
未减轻的;未缓和的。;全然的;[法] 全然的;绝对的
not lessened or made less severe; complete or absolute, used as an intensifier
未减轻的;未缓和的。
Not mitigated.
The outdoor concert was an unmitigated disaster because of the sudden storm.
由于突如其来的暴风雨,这场户外音乐会成了一场十足的灾难。
用法提示:unmitigated 在句中修饰 disaster,表示“十足的、完全的”,强调灾难程度没有丝毫减弱。
Her face showed unmitigated joy when she received the scholarship.
收到奖学金时,她脸上流露出纯粹的喜悦。
用法提示:unmitigated 形容 joy,表示“纯粹的、完全的”,说明喜悦毫无保留。
The new project turned out to be an unmitigated failure despite all the planning.
尽管做了这么多规划,这个新项目最终还是彻底的失败。
用法提示:unmitigated 修饰 failure,意为“彻底的、完全的”,突出失败的程度没有减轻。
作定语时,unmitigated 常放在抽象名词前,用于强调完全否定或负面的性质。
The trip was an unmitigated disaster from start to finish.
这次旅行从头到尾是一场彻头彻尾的灾难。
作表语时,表示程度没有减弱,语气较正式。
The suffering of the refugees was unmitigated.
难民的苦难毫无减轻。
unmitigated by 意为“未被……减轻/缓和”,后接名词或名词短语。
Her enthusiasm was unmitigated by her many failures.
屡屡失败并未减弱她的热情。
语气最强,常与负面名词搭配(如 utter chaos),与 unmitigated 几乎同义。
强调无条件和绝对性,可用于中性或褒义,而 unmitigated 多含贬义。
通用且中性,可修饰任何名词;unmitigated 更正式且常带负面语气。
强调整体和完全,也用于数字/总数;作加强语时比 unmitigated 口语化。
侧重“纯粹、单一”,常接抽象名词(如 sheer luck);不强调“未缓和”,与 unmitigated 有别。
grammar · medium
易错句子The pain unmitigated after he took the medicine.
正确表达The pain was unmitigated after he took the medicine.
"unmitigated" 是形容词而非动词,不能单独作谓语表示“没有减轻”。表示“疼痛未减轻”时,需要用系动词 was 加形容词 unmitigated,构成系表结构。中文里“疼痛未减轻”没有系动词,学习者容易漏掉 was,但英语形容词作表语必须借助 be 动词。
grammar · medium
易错句子The trip was unmitigated disaster from start to finish.
正确表达The trip was an unmitigated disaster from start to finish.
disaster 是可数名词,前面需要限定词。unmitigated 只是修饰它的形容词,所以必须写成 an unmitigated disaster。中文没有冠词概念,学习者常漏掉 an,导致名词短语不完整。
表示强度或严重性被降低,与“未减轻的”义项相对。
侧重非绝对、有条件,与“十足的/全然的”义项相对。
指经过调节而不过度,与“未缓和的”义项相对。
unmitigated 强调程度完全没有被缓和或减轻,常修饰坏事(如十足的灾难);unabated 强调势头或强度持续不减,常修饰风暴、抗议、热情等仍在猛烈持续。
unmitigated 多用于否定意义的程度加强,意为“十足的、彻头彻尾的”;unalloyed 强调“不掺杂别的成分”,多修饰正面或中性意义的快乐、喜悦等。
unmitigated 侧重程度未被减轻,也可作加强语;unrelieved 侧重没有间歇或缓解,常修饰痛苦、单调、黑暗等持续不变的负面状态。
彻头彻尾的灾难
The sudden cancellation was an unmitigated disaster for the local economy.
突然取消对当地经济来说是一场彻头彻尾的灾难。
圆满的成功
The school play was an unmitigated success from the opening night.
这出校园剧从首演之夜起就取得了圆满的成功。
十足的邪恶
Many historians called the policy an unmitigated evil.
许多历史学家称这项政策为十足的邪恶。
十足的厚颜无耻
She had the unmitigated gall to blame her assistant for the mistake.
她竟厚颜无耻地把错误归咎于她的助手。
纯粹的喜悦
The simple gift gave her unmitigated joy.
这份简单的礼物带给她纯粹的喜悦。
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un-(否定前缀,不/未;同前缀词 unhappy 不快乐的、unknown 未知的)+ mitigate(缓和,减轻;词根 mitig- 源自拉丁语 mitis,意为“温和”,同根词 mitigation 缓解、mitigable 可缓解的)+ -ed(形容词后缀,表示“...的”;同后缀词 excited 兴奋的、tired 疲倦的)
常与 unmitigated 搭配,表示‘彻底的灾难’
与 disaster 同属极端负面事件,unmitigated 强调其程度毫无减弱
表示完全彻底的失败,如 an unmitigated failure
与负面词并列,unmitigated success 指完全的成功
表示毫无缓解的痛苦,体现 unmitigated 的‘未减轻’义
彻头彻尾的灾难
The company's new policy was an unmitigated disaster.
公司的新政策是一场彻头彻尾的灾难。
厚颜无耻
He had the unmitigated gall to ask for a pay raise after missing every deadline.
他在错过所有截止日期后竟有脸要求加薪。
圆满的成功
The charity gala was an unmitigated success, raising over a million dollars.
这场慈善晚会取得了圆满成功,筹集了超过一百万美元。
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