| 单词 | unconnected |
| 释义 | unconnected (once / 3641 pages) adj Unconnected means not joined or attached to anything. If a teacher says the ideas in your research paper seem unconnected, you’ll have to go back and smooth them out. If you’re unconnected to the Internet, you can’t get online. The word unconnected has many usages. If an island is unconnected to the mainland, there's no bridge. If you feel unconnected to your neighbors, you pass each other like ships in the night. If you can’t get a job because you don’t know anyone, you’re unconnected. Events can be unconnected, too — you might say that your grumpiness is unconnected to the bad grade you got on your math test. The Latin root of unconnected is conectere, "join together." WORD FAMILYunconnected: unconnectedly, unconnectedness+/connect: connected, connecter, connecting, connection, connective, connector, connects, connexion, disconnect, interconnect/connected: connectedly, connectedness, unconnected/connection: connections/connective: connectively, connectives, connectivity/connector: connectors/connexion: connexions/disconnect: disconnected, disconnecting, disconnection, disconnects/disconnected: disconnectedly, disconnectedness/disconnectedness: disconnectednesses/disconnection: disconnections/interconnect: interconnected, interconnecting, interconnection, interconnects/interconnected: interconnectedness/interconnection: interconnections USAGE EXAMPLESRumours rippled across the web suggesting that the perpetrator might be Chechen or even Kurdish, and circulating photos of unconnected men. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) Using unconnected individuals as directors prevented "cross contamination" if credit card companies withdrew services from one company, he said. BBC(Nov 24, 2016) It is important to note these incidents are wholly unconnected, and many of the details about the circumstances surrounding them are still unknown. The Guardian(Nov 10, 2016) 1adj not joined or linked together Syn|Ant apart, isolated, obscure remote and separate physically or socially asternalnot connected to the sternum or breastbone detached, separatedno longer connected or joined disjoined, separatehave the connection undone; having become separate explodedshowing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another unattachednot fastened together uncoupledhaving the coupling undone unrelatedlacking a logical or causal relation connected joined or linked together adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboringhaving a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching adjunctivejoining; forming an adjunct affinedclosely related conterminous, contiguousconnecting without a break; within a common boundary coupled, joined, linkedconnected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks engagedbuilt against or attached to a wall well-connectedconnected by blood or close acquaintance with people of wealth or social position 2adj lacking orderly continuity Syn confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered incoherent without logical or meaningful connection 3adj not connected by birth or family Syn unrelated not connected by kinship |
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