| 释义 |
unaˈdopted, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
1659Milton Civ. Power Wks. 1851 V. 328 Hence it planely appeers, that if we be not free we are not sons, but still servants unadopted. 1765Langhorne Observ. Collins' Ode to Evening, Blank verse.., though it has been generally received in the latter [kind of poetry], it is yet unadopted in the former. 1902Westm. Gaz. 27 Oct. 4/2 Put aside, too, and unadopted by the Jewish writers are the statements of the extreme critical..school. 1938[see adopted ppl. a. 1 b]. 1963Times 18 May 10/7 It is virtually undistinguished except for the number of roughly surfaced streets compelling a glance at signs proclaiming that they are unadopted. 1970J. Burke Four Stars for Danger ii. 21 That road up to Bryncroeso Hall is unadopted. If the people at the Hall don't want to do anything about it, nobody's going to make them. |