| 释义 |
unˈactable, a.
[un-1 7 b.]
That cannot be acted (on the stage); unsuitable for dramatic representation. Hence (in recent use) unactaˈbility.
1810Byron Let. to Hodgson 3 Oct., Before the fire was out, he writes..to inquire whether this farce was not converted into fuel, with about two thousand other unactable manuscripts. 1830Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) II. xiii. 298 Goldoni is the most insipid writer I ever read; Alfieri is a very fine one but unactable. 1871Public Opinion 16 Dec. 778 Mr. Browning has written brief unactable dramas. |