unauthorised

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

unauthorised — 形容詞

  • 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

未經授權的

未獲負責人正式許可的

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.

Élise 因為把車停在醫院門口附近的未經授權區域而被罰款。

unauthorised + place noun (area, zone)

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

銀行擋下了一筆匯往國外帳戶、未經授權的三百英鎊付款。

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.