ill-matched
ill-matched — 形容詞
1. describes two or more people or things that do not go together well because they
不匹配；不相配
因差異過大而不適合搭配的
describes two or more people or things that do not go together well because they are too different in style, character, or quality to form a successful or pleasing combination.
Mei-Lin and Eva made an ill-matched team for the school project.
Mei-Lin 和 Eva 在學校的專題中是不匹配的搭檔。
make an ill-matched team for [activity/task]
The old wooden chair looked ill-matched beside the modern glass table.
那把舊木椅擺在現代玻璃桌旁邊，看起來很不協調。
Critics called the two actors an ill-matched pair for the comedy film.
影評人認為那兩位演員不適合一起演那部喜劇片。
an ill-matched pair for [role/context]
Fatima felt the bright curtains were ill-matched with the dark floor tiles.
Fatima 覺得那些鮮豔窗簾和深色地板磁磚搭配不起來。
be ill-matched with [something]
The furniture in the room was an ill-matched set of different styles.
房間裡的家具風格各異，是一套不匹配的組合。
- ill-matched pair
- ill-matched couple
- ill-matched team
- ill-matched set
- ill-matched combination
- ill-matched furniture
- look ill-matched
- be ill-matched with
- mismatched
more common in everyday speech; 'ill-matched' is slightly more formal
- incompatible
stronger — suggests fundamental inability to work together rather than just visual or stylistic mismatch
- unsuited
focuses on lack of suitability for a particular purpose rather than the relationship between the two things
- incongruous
more formal and intellectual; suggests something that looks strange in its context
- well-matched
direct opposite; describes people or things that suit each other perfectly
- compatible
broader; can describe people who get along or things that work together
文法句型
be + ill-matched
an ill-matched + noun
ill-matched with + noun
用法筆記
Often describes pairs or groups — people, objects, colours, or styles — that fail to form a harmonious combination. Can be used before a noun (attributive) or after a linking verb like 'be' or 'look' (predicative).
常見錯誤
同根字
- well-matched形容詞B2
- mismatched形容詞B1
- match動詞A2
- match名詞A2
- matching形容詞B1