unavailable

英 [ʌnə'veɪləb(ə)l] 美 ['ʌnə'veləbl]
  • adj. 难以获得的；不能利用的；不近便的
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星级词汇:
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助记提示

1、un- "not" + a- "to" (see ad-) + -vail- "be worth".

英文词源

unavailable (adj.)
1540s, "ineffectual," from un- (1) "not" + available. Meaning "incapable of being used" is recorded from 1855. Unavailing has taken up the older sense of the word.

双语例句

1. Basic food products are frequently unavailable in the state shops.
在国营商店里经常连一些基本食品都买不到。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Mr Hicks is out of the country and so unavailable for comment.
希克斯先生目前不在国内，所以无法发表评论。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Such luxuries are unavailable to ordinary people.
此等奢侈品普通百姓是难以获得的。

来自《权威词典》

4. Her manuscript is unavailable.
[美]她的稿件不拟采用.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.
我唯一不满的就是连一道主菜和一份甜点都没有。

来自柯林斯例句