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Nameless Source I Describe Remain Adj 形容词 英

英语单词 nameless
英美音标 英 ['neɪmləs] 美 ['neɪmləs]
中文释义 adj.无名的;匿名的;不可名状的
英语例句 (1) He discovered some new and nameless plants.
(2) He had received information from a nameless source in the government.
(3) The author of the book shall be nameless.
(4) I was seized by a nameless horror.
(5) Stanley felt a nameless anxiety rising in him.
中文例句 (1) 他发现了一些新的未命名的植物。
(2) 他从政府中一未透露姓名者那里得到了消息。
(3) 该书的作者是匿名的。
(4) 我为不可名状的恐慌所控制。
(5) 史坦利觉得心头涌起一股不可名状的忧虑。
vocabulary简明 Someone or something that has no name is nameless. You can also describe someone as nameless when you choose not to identify them or reveal their name publicly.
vocabulary扩展 A nameless source for a newspaper article is anonymous — in other words, they have a name but it's being kept private. When you're talking about someone whose identity you won't reveal, you can refer to them as "someone who shall remain nameless." A nameless fear, on the other hand, is one that's so scary it can't be captured in words or given a name.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ 形容词]不知其名的;无名的 You describe people or things as nameless when you do not know their name or when they do not have a name.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • They can have their cases rejected, without reasons being given, by nameless officials.

    他们的诉求可能会被一些不知姓名的官员们莫名其妙地驳回。

2
[ADJ 形容词]不宜说出名字(或名称)的 If you say that someone or something will remain nameless, you mean that you will not mention their name, often because you do not want to embarrass them.
  [v-link ADJ]
  • A local friend who shall be nameless warned me that I was in for trouble soon.

    一个不便说出其名的当地朋友警告我,我不久肯定会有麻烦。

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