
adjective 不满足的;未得到满足的。指对某事物感到不够好、不够充分,或内心的需求和期望没有被满足。
/nstsfad/
She was unsatisfied with the result of the exam.
她对考试成绩感到不满意。
Despite years of accumulating wealth and status, he remained deeply unsatisfied, as though something essential were forever out of reach.
尽管多年来积累了财富和地位,他内心深处依然感到不满足,仿佛有某种本质的东西永远无法触及。
由前缀 un-(表示"不、未")加上 satisfied 组成。satisfied 源自拉丁语 satisfacere,由 satis(足够)和 facere(做)构成,本义是"做到足够"。加上否定前缀后,表示"未能做到足够",即不满足的状态。该词自16世纪起在英语中广泛使用。
注意与 dissatisfied 的区别:unsatisfied 侧重于"未被满足"(需求或欲望尚未得到回应),而 dissatisfied 侧重于"不满意"(对已有的结果感到失望或不悦)。