un-American

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Contrary to the principles, institutions or interests of the United States; anti-American.
    — Besides, how can you talk about church politics? It would certainly be anti-Catholic and might easily become un-American.
  2. Incivil, immoral. US,informal
  3. Unrelated to America or the U.S.; untypical of U.S. mores or habits; non-American, not American.
    — [About British filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock:] It’s not often addressed in criticism, but Hitchcock was un-American enough to dwell on the uneasiness or the unreliability of heroes.

词形变化

more un-American comparative most un-American superlative unamerican alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
HUAC un-Americanness

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-
Proto-Germanic *amalą
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor.
Proto-Germanic *rīks
Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos
Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos
Proto-Germanic *haimaz
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Proto-Germanic *rīks
Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.?
Italian Amerigoder.
New Latin Americalbor.
English America
Middle English -n
English -n
English American
English un-American
From un- + American.
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