in manuscript
in manuscript — 慣用語
1. existing as an author's original handwritten or typed pages, not yet published o
未刊印
以原始手稿或打字稿形式，尚未付印
existing as an author's original handwritten or typed pages, not yet published or printed in its final book or document form
The novel circulated in manuscript among friends for years before reaching a publisher.
這部小説在手稿階段流傳多年，最後才送到出版社手上。
position after verb: 'circulated in manuscript'
Three copies of the report survive in manuscript; the rest were lost.
這份報告有三份手稿留存下來，其餘皆已遺失。
Dr. Wei discovered a 17th-century play that had come down to us only in manuscript.
Wei 博士發現了一部只以手稿形式流傳至今的十七世紀劇作。
The historian found the composer's final symphony still in manuscript, with corrections in the margins.
這位史學家發現作曲家最後一首交響曲仍停留在手稿階段，頁邊還有多處修改。
文法句型
used as adverbial after verb or as complement after noun
用法筆記
Common in academic and literary contexts when referring to works that were never printed during the author's lifetime or that survive only in hand-copied form. Frequently follows verbs such as 'survive', 'exist', 'circulate', or nouns such as 'copy', 'version'.