| 单词 | unreliable |
| 释义 | unreliable (once / 3498 pages) adj Someone unreliable can't be trusted to do something. Things can be unreliable too, like a bike with a wobbly wheel. The word "rely" is a clue to what unreliable means. When you can rely on something, you can count in it — it's reliable. On the other hand, you'd better not count on an unreliable person. People can be unreliable because they're dishonest, always late, bad at their job, or just inconsistent. Things can be unreliable because they're broken or old. A train schedule can be unreliable if the trains are never on time. Unfortunately, there's a lot of stuff in life that's unreliable, so be careful. WORD FAMILYunreliable: unreliability, unreliableness, unreliably+/reliable: reliability, reliableness, reliably, unreliable/reliance: reliances, self-reliance/reliant: reliantly, self-reliant/rely: reliable, reliance, reliant, relied, relies, relying/unreliability: unreliabilities USAGE EXAMPLESEmily Blunt stars as Rachel, a divorced alcoholic who becomes an unreliable and unlikely detective in this adaptation of Paula Hawkins’s best-selling novel. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) It played like an average, unreliable squad that settles for decency, squints when the lights are bright and fails to maximize its best attributes. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) In an email, he characterized the data in the report as “grossly inaccurate” and its conclusions “completely unreliable.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj not worthy of reliance or trust in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable Syn|Ant undependable erratic, temperamental likely to perform unpredictably uncertainnot consistent or dependable unsoundof e.g. advice untrustworthy, untrustynot worthy of trust or belief dependable, reliable worthy of reliance or trust certain, surereliable in operation or effect tested, time-tested, tried, tried and truetested and proved to be reliable undeviatingused of values and principles; not subject to change; steady trustworthy, trustyworthy of trust or belief 2adj liable to be erroneous or misleading Syn undependable fallible likely to fail or make errors 3adj dangerously unstable and unpredictable an unreliable trestle Syn treacherous dangerous, unsafe involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm 4adj lacking a sense of responsibility Syn irresponsible showing lack of care for consequences |
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