unidentified

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unidentified — 形容詞

  • unidentifiedpositive
  • more unidentifiedcomparative
  • most unidentifiedsuperlative

1. refers to a person or thing whose name has not been discovered or has been delib

1.形容詞B2
釋義

身分不明

姓名未被確認或刻意隱藏

refers to a person or thing whose name has not been discovered or has been deliberately hidden from others. For example, a caller who does not give their name, a body that has not been named, or a buyer who chooses to stay out of the public record.

例句

Police found an unidentified body in the river yesterday morning.

警方昨天早上在河裡發現了一具身分不明的遺體。

attributive: unidentified + body

Tamar received a gift from an unidentified admirer on her birthday.

Tamar 在生日當天收到了一位身分不明的仰慕者送的禮物。

attributive: unidentified + admirer

常見搭配
  • unidentified body
  • unidentified man
  • unidentified woman
  • unidentified person
  • unidentified source
  • unidentified vehicle
  • unidentified aircraft
  • unidentified object
  • unidentified caller
  • unidentified assailant
  • unidentified suspect
同義詞
  • unknown

    broader term; does not imply someone else is hiding the identity, only that it is not known (e.g. an unknown caller vs. an unidentified caller who may be deliberately concealing their name)

  • unnamed

    often used when a name is simply left out of a report rather than actively hidden; softer than 'unidentified'

  • anonymous

    typically used for people who choose to remain nameless (anonymous donor) rather than people whose identity nobody has discovered

  • nameless

    more literary or dramatic; suggests a lack of identity rather than a hidden one

反義詞
  • identified

    having a known name or identity

  • known

    general opposite; implies the name is established

文法句型

unidentified + noun

be + unidentified

常見錯誤

The police unidentified the suspect.
The police could not identify the suspect.
'unidentified' is an adjective, not a verb; use 'could not identify' as the verb form.

同根字

常見搭配

副詞搭配

  • as yet unidentified
  • still unidentified
  • currently unidentified
  • previously unidentified

常用片語