unauthorised

IPA/ʌnˈɔː.θə.raɪzd/
IPA/ʌnˈɑː.θə.raɪzd/

unauthorised — adjective

  • unauthorisedpositive
  • more unauthorisedcomparative
  • most unauthorisedsuperlative

1. done, used, or present when the person in charge has not agreed to it, so it bre

1.形容詞B2
釋義

done, used, or present when the person in charge has not agreed to it, so it breaks a rule or the law.

例句

Élise was fined for parking in an unauthorised area near the hospital gate.

unauthorised + place noun (area, zone)

The bank blocked an unauthorised payment of three hundred pounds to a foreign account.

unauthorised + action noun (payment, access)

同義詞
  • illegal

    stronger; specifically against the law, while unauthorised may only break a rule

  • unofficial

    lacks official backing but is not always forbidden

  • unsanctioned

    formal; emphasises that no approving body agreed to it

反義詞
  • authorised

    officially permitted by the person or body in charge

  • permitted

    allowed, though without the formal 'official approval' sense

文法句型

unauthorised + noun

用法筆記

Almost always used before a noun (unauthorised access, unauthorised use). Rarely placed after 'be'; for that meaning, speakers say someone 'is not authorised to' do something instead.

常見錯誤

❌The entry was unauthorised by the manager.
✅The entry was not authorised by the manager.
💡to name who refused permission, use the verb 'authorise', not the adjective.
❌an unauthorized lane' (British text)
✅an unauthorised lane
💡in British writing, spell it with -ised, not -ized.