单词 | unfinished |
释义 | unfinishedun‧fin‧ished /ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt/ ●●○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatornot finished► not finished/unfinished Collocations · On her desk was an unfinished letter to her mother.· To this day, the building remains unfinished.unfinished business (=something you have not had the chance to finish) · It is past time for Congress to attend to unfinished business. ► incomplete not finished, because not all of the work has been done on something, or because it does not have all the parts that it should have: · The excavation of the tunnel is still incomplete.· Incomplete historical records have made the investigation more difficult. ► not over yet if something is not over yet , especially something difficult or unpleasant, it is not finished and still needs to be done or dealt with: · The struggle for equal rights is not over yet.· The crisis is not over yet. We are still involved in negotiations. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► business Phrases· Seeing their own children in their teens may bring their own adolescence forcibly to mind, along with its unfinished business.· Obon is for closing off unfinished business, for restoring bonds, for healing and remembering.· However, during our hand-over General Churchill mentioned one piece of unfinished business.· Each of these women had left some unfinished business.· There was definitely some unfinished business between the two of them, but he was extremely tired.· One bit of unfinished business was to obtain for Joe the Legion of Merit award.· Then he would be up and about, able to apply himself to unfinished business.· Those people that you have unfinished business with. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► unfinished business Word family
WORD FAMILYnounfinishadjectivefinished ≠ unfinishedverbfinish 1not completed: Rachael left her meal unfinished.2unfinished business something that you have not yet dealt with |
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