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单词 unfulfilled
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Definition of unfulfilled in English:

unfulfilled

adjectiveʌnfʊlˈfɪldˌənfʊ(l)ˈfɪld
  • 1Not carried out or brought to completion.

    未实现的;未履行的;未完成的

    it was his unfulfilled ambition to write

    写作是他未能实现的愿望。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Given his unfulfilled ambition to construct a biology of the mind, Freud would have approved.
    • So the devil can offer us nothing but empty promises and unfulfilled desires.
    • The result is a portrait haunted by longing and unfulfilled desire.
    • One of his unfulfilled ambitions is to write a scientific book on a particular forest and its inhabitants as well as write a book on wildlife photography.
    • Her only ambition that remains unfulfilled is to go to university.
    • There is no harder burden to carry than an unfulfilled potential.
    • Curiously, her mother never saw it either and died at a ripe old age with that particular ambition unfulfilled.
    • Then I thought some more about the emotions brought about by an unfulfilled dream.
    • The men horrified me, the way they seemed to be living unfulfilled ambitions through their sons.
    • He has, in all probability, just one chance to achieve the single ambition that remains unfulfilled in his hard-working career.
    • Two of my many still unfulfilled ambitions are to snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef and to swim with dolphins.
    • He does have one ambition yet unfulfilled, and that is to go around the world, including going across Canada by train.
    • And so I still had a secret, unfulfilled desire to see how the other half live.
    • But if he has any regrets, he adds, it relates to unfulfilled ambitions.
    • To do so is to embrace an agonistic romanticism of perpetually unfulfilled longing and desire.
    • But there will be no unfulfilled desires, and this blessedness will never end.
    • Compound that with my unfulfilled desire to just be done with it and I was a jumble of nerves.
    • Denise has always had an unfulfilled desire to return to her homeland which she left in 1976, aged seven, to emigrate to Blackburn with her family.
    • For many the New Year promises another opportunity to realise unfulfilled ambitions.
    • Frustration often points to unfulfilled desire, to some sort of lack or emptiness.
    Synonyms
    uncompleted, incomplete, unfinished, undone, half-done, unperformed, unexecuted, undeveloped, neglected
    1. 1.1 Not having fully utilized or exploited one's abilities or character.
      未充分利用(或发挥)个人才能的
      I was restless and unfulfilled
      Example sentencesExamples
      • All the characters in Things You Can Tell are lonely and unfulfilled.
      • Having asked only a handful of the questions I had planned, I felt disappointed, unsatisfied and unfulfilled.
      • Women unable to have children of their own are often left with a terrible sense of being unfulfilled, as if their lives are incomplete.
      • First of all, I don't believe the characterization of being unfulfilled.
      • I reflected on the pointlessness of working in the job that I do, and found that I am completely and utterly unfulfilled.
      • His life as a banker was comfortable yet unfulfilled.
      • If people are unfulfilled and unhappy that carries over in the quality of their work.
      Synonyms
      dormant, quiescent, inactive, untapped, unused

Derivatives

  • unfulfillable

  • adjective
    • Thus, some unscrupulous types are getting rich off kids' unfulfillable dreams.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing, it had me trembling.
      • Projections made on the back of a good year in 2004 will raise unfulfillable expectations in gullible consumers.
      • Also, many younger workers, not trained in social and communication skills, challenge authority inappropriately and assume an entitlement unfulfillable against the demands for increased productivity.
      • Another from Bulgaria (not due to join until 2007) expressed concern that they had taken on unfulfillable obligations in relation to the environment.

Rhymes

build, deskilled, gild, guild, self-willed, sild, unfilled, unskilled, untilled, upbuild

Definition of unfulfilled in US English:

unfulfilled

adjectiveˌənfʊ(l)ˈfɪldˌənfo͝o(l)ˈfild
  • 1Not carried out or brought to completion.

    未实现的;未履行的;未完成的

    it was his unfulfilled ambition to write

    写作是他未能实现的愿望。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The men horrified me, the way they seemed to be living unfulfilled ambitions through their sons.
    • Two of my many still unfulfilled ambitions are to snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef and to swim with dolphins.
    • Compound that with my unfulfilled desire to just be done with it and I was a jumble of nerves.
    • Curiously, her mother never saw it either and died at a ripe old age with that particular ambition unfulfilled.
    • So the devil can offer us nothing but empty promises and unfulfilled desires.
    • Denise has always had an unfulfilled desire to return to her homeland which she left in 1976, aged seven, to emigrate to Blackburn with her family.
    • Given his unfulfilled ambition to construct a biology of the mind, Freud would have approved.
    • To do so is to embrace an agonistic romanticism of perpetually unfulfilled longing and desire.
    • But there will be no unfulfilled desires, and this blessedness will never end.
    • Her only ambition that remains unfulfilled is to go to university.
    • There is no harder burden to carry than an unfulfilled potential.
    • For many the New Year promises another opportunity to realise unfulfilled ambitions.
    • Frustration often points to unfulfilled desire, to some sort of lack or emptiness.
    • He has, in all probability, just one chance to achieve the single ambition that remains unfulfilled in his hard-working career.
    • One of his unfulfilled ambitions is to write a scientific book on a particular forest and its inhabitants as well as write a book on wildlife photography.
    • And so I still had a secret, unfulfilled desire to see how the other half live.
    • But if he has any regrets, he adds, it relates to unfulfilled ambitions.
    • Then I thought some more about the emotions brought about by an unfulfilled dream.
    • He does have one ambition yet unfulfilled, and that is to go around the world, including going across Canada by train.
    • The result is a portrait haunted by longing and unfulfilled desire.
    Synonyms
    uncompleted, incomplete, unfinished, undone, half-done, unperformed, unexecuted, undeveloped, neglected
    1. 1.1 Not having fully utilized or exploited one's abilities or character.
      未充分利用(或发挥)个人才能的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His life as a banker was comfortable yet unfulfilled.
      • All the characters in Things You Can Tell are lonely and unfulfilled.
      • Having asked only a handful of the questions I had planned, I felt disappointed, unsatisfied and unfulfilled.
      • First of all, I don't believe the characterization of being unfulfilled.
      • If people are unfulfilled and unhappy that carries over in the quality of their work.
      • Women unable to have children of their own are often left with a terrible sense of being unfulfilled, as if their lives are incomplete.
      • I reflected on the pointlessness of working in the job that I do, and found that I am completely and utterly unfulfilled.
      Synonyms
      dormant, quiescent, inactive, untapped, unused
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