unanchored
unanchored — 形容詞
- unanchoredpositive
- more unanchoredcomparative
- most unanchoredsuperlative
1. of a boat, ship, or other object: not secured in place by an anchor or similar d
未固定
未繫錨而可漂動的
of a boat, ship, or other object: not secured in place by an anchor or similar device, so it can drift or move freely.
The small fishing boat drifted away after its anchor rope snapped, leaving it completely unanchored.
那艘小漁船的錨繩斷了，整艘船隨波漂流，完全未繫錨。
unanchored + boat / ship
During the storm, the unanchored buoys floated dangerously close to the shipping lane.
暴風雨期間，未固定的浮標漂到了航道附近，情況相當危險。
The crew realised the dock was unanchored when a strong current began pulling it away from the shore.
當強勁的水流開始將碼頭拉離岸邊時，船員們才發現碼頭沒有固定好。
Rescue teams found an unanchored rowboat floating empty on the lake at dawn.
救援隊在湖上發現一艘無人的划艇，沒有繫錨，就那樣空蕩蕩地漂浮著。
- adrift
unanchored focuses on the lack of a fixing device; adrift describes the resulting free-floating movement.
- unmoored
more specific to boats tied to a dock; unanchored covers any type of fastening.
- untethered
suggests a rope or chain was cut or undone; more general than marine contexts.
用法筆記
This is the literal, physical sense. The object is most often a boat or marine structure, but it can also describe anything that should be tied or bolted down.
2. of a situation, feeling, or idea: lacking a stable foundation, clear direction,
無根基
缺乏穩定基礎或方向的
of a situation, feeling, or idea: lacking a stable foundation, clear direction, or reliable support.
After moving to a new country alone, Ananya felt completely unanchored for months.
Ananya 獨自搬到一個新的國家後，有好幾個月都感到生活完全沒有根基。
feeling unanchored = lost, without direction
Dr. Okafor's nutrition study claimed that herbal tea could cure diabetes, but the conclusion was unanchored in any peer-reviewed data.
Dr. Okafor 的營養研究聲稱草藥茶可以治癒糖尿病，但這個結論完全缺乏同儕審查的數據作為基礎。
unanchored in + data / evidence / fact
Mrs. Chen gave different school budget figures at the council meeting, making her claims seem unanchored.
Chen 女士在議會會議上提出的學校預算數字前後不一致，讓她的說法顯得缺乏依據。
Without steady income or a home, the family lived an unanchored life that worried relatives.
由於沒有穩定的收入或住所，這一家人過著漂浮不定的生活，讓親戚十分擔心。
The literacy programme in rural Zambia struggled because its government grant remained unanchored, with officials postponing approval month after month.
尚比亞鄉村地區的識字推廣計畫因為政府補助金遲遲未獲批准，一直處於未確定的狀態，官員們一個月又一個月地拖延審核。
- groundless
used mainly for claims or beliefs; unanchored also covers feelings and situations.
- unstable
more general; unanchored specifically suggests the lack of a fixing point or foundation.
- adrift
overlaps in the feeling sense; adrift leans more toward aimlessness, unanchored toward insecurity.
- unsettled
can describe emotions or situations, but implies temporary discomfort rather than a missing foundation.
用法筆記
Frequently describes emotional states (feeling unanchored), abstract concepts (unanchored claims), or structural situations (unanchored funding). The figurative sense is far more common in modern written English than the literal sense.