unmet
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /(ˌ)ʌnˈmɛt/
美 /ˌʌnˈmɛt/
英文释义
动词 v.
- simple past and past participle of unmeet
形容词 adj.
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Not met.; Not encountered; unencountered.
— VVindes looſe their ſtrength, vvhen they do empty fly, / Vn-met of vvoods or buildings; […]
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Not met.; Not achieved; unfulfilled.
— One senior CRP [Community Rail Partnership] manager said: "The best thing a CRP can do to help the community is to work to ensure the train service is as relevant and useful as possible to that community (and is well used and stays that way) and that where there is sufficient unmet local need, the service expands to meet it where possible."
词源
词源 1
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-
English met
English unmet
From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + met (the past participle of meet (“to come face to face with, encounter; to comply with, satisfy”)); probably related to Old English ungemet (“unmet”) (chiefly used as part of a compound)—the word is not attested in Middle English. Ġemet in ungemet is possibly a past participle form of ġemētan (“to come upon, encounter, meet; to discover, find”).
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English met
English unmet
From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + met (the past participle of meet (“to come face to face with, encounter; to comply with, satisfy”)); probably related to Old English ungemet (“unmet”) (chiefly used as part of a compound)—the word is not attested in Middle English. Ġemet in ungemet is possibly a past participle form of ġemētan (“to come upon, encounter, meet; to discover, find”).
词源 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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