Unimproved
[ʌnim'pru:vd]
解释:
(adj.) not made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially not made ready for use or marketing; 'taxes on unimproved land are low'; 'unimproved dirt roads' .
(adj.) (of land) not cleared of trees and brush; in the wild or natural state; 'a farm with 50 acres of unimproved and 68 acres of improved land'; 'unimproved woodlands' .
编辑:梅齐--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence.
(a.) Not used; not employed; especially, not used or employed for a valuable purpose; as, unimproved opportunities; unimproved blessings.
(a.) Not tilled, cultivated, or built upon; yielding no revenue; as, unimproved land or soil.
贾尼斯编辑
解释:
adj. not improved made better or cultivated cleared or built upon: not used unemployed inactive.
录入:罗莎莉
例句:
- But the taxation of unimproved property happens at the same time to be a splendid weapon against the slum. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- In its rude beginnings, the unimproved wilds, which then occupy the far greater part of the country, are all abandoned to cattle. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- As plainly as she sees on her arm the old father, unimproved, Pleasant sees that everybody there will cut him when he recovers consciousness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- To own to the partial truth of what he had heard would be distressing as long as the humiliating position resulting from the event was unimproved. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- I came out, my morals unimproved, my hatred to my oppressors encreased tenfold. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- By the extension, besides, of cultivation, the unimproved wilds become insufficient to supply the demand for butcher's meat. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
录入:罗莎莉