Word · Frequency #21364
untrustworthy
不可信赖的;靠不住的
not worthy of trust or belief
- 1.
not worthy of trust or belief
不值得信任或相信的
不值得信任或相信的;不能信赖的;靠不住的
In use
He turned out to be an untrustworthy source of information.
After several broken promises, everyone considered her untrustworthy.
The website is untrustworthy, so don't rely on its reviews.
be untrustworthy
基本系表结构,描述某人或某物不可信。
He is untrustworthy and should not be relied upon.
他不可信赖,不应依赖。
find someone/something untrustworthy
宾语+补足语结构,表示认为某人/某物不可信。
I find his excuses untrustworthy.
我觉得他的借口不可信。
consider someone/something untrustworthy
与find类似,表示主观判断。
Many voters consider the politician untrustworthy.
许多选民认为这位政客不可信赖。
prove untrustworthy
系动词prove后接形容词,表示最终被证实不可信。
The source proved untrustworthy in the investigation.
该消息来源在调查中被证明是不可靠的。
Common mistakes
He is an untrustworthy.He is untrustworthy.
中文学习者在形容词前错误地加了冠词'an',但'untrustworthy'作表语时不需要冠词。正确用法是直接跟在系动词后。
I untrustworthy him.I don't trust him.
将形容词'untrustworthy'误用作动词。英语中表达'不信任'需用动词短语'don't trust',而非形容词。
Connections
Collocations
- untrustworthy source
- 不可靠的消息来源
- The journalist refused to cite an untrustworthy source.这名记者拒绝引用不可靠的消息来源。
- untrustworthy person
- 不可信赖的人
- He turned out to be an untrustworthy person.他原来是个不可信赖的人。
- untrustworthy information
- 不可靠的信息
- Never make decisions based on untrustworthy information.切勿依据不可靠的信息做决定。
- untrustworthy data
- 不可信的数据
- The model's predictions were skewed by untrustworthy data.该模型的预测因不可信的数据而出现偏差。
- untrustworthy behavior
- 不值得信任的行为
- Her untrustworthy behavior cost her the team's respect.她不值得信任的行为使她失去了团队的尊重。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆分记忆:un(不)+ trust(信任)+ worthy(值得)→ 不值得信任的。想象一个人多次骗你,你对自己说“这人不能trust”。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:assessing sources or information、describing a person's reliability、serious or formal discussion 该词属于中性表达,不特别正式也不口语化;通常用于客观评价某人或某信息来源是否可信,比较常见于书面语和正式谈话。日常口语中若想更自然,也可以说 can't be trusted。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all share the ending -worthy, pronounced /wɜːði/, and genuinely rhyme with untrustworthy. Watch out for lookalikes such as untrusted /ʌnˈtrʌstɪd/ and trusty /ˈtrʌsti/, which look similar but end with different sounds and do not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
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