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un-english

/uhn-ing-glish/US // ʌnˈɪŋ glɪʃ //

非英语,不懂英语,非英文,不懂英文

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not English; not characteristic of the English.
    • : not conforming to standard, accepted, or native English language usage.

Examples

  • His first language was Russian, then he learned Swedish, but chooses to perform in monosyllabic broken English.

  • It was a coming-out story of sorts told with self-effacing un-sentimentality.

  • “Gently rolling hills” roll not-so-gently under my tires, but the English countryside scenery is soporific.

  • Of course, Kim Jong-Un takes an image hit as a Katy Perry-obsessed, margarita-drinking maniac with daddy issues.

  • “They humanized [Kim Jong-Un] quite a bit,” David Brand, 32, said following the show.

  • Thomas Cooper, an English prelate, died; highly commended for his great learning and eloquence.

  • A fancy came into my head that I would entertain the king and queen with an English tune upon this instrument.

  • Dockier, a prominent leader of the Levelers, in the times of the English commonwealth, was shot by order of the government.

  • It seems to me that such verses as these might very well have satisfied the English admirers of Klopstock.

  • William Woodville died; a distinguished English physician and medical writer.