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Definition of unsettled in English: unsettledadjectiveʌnˈsɛt(ə)ldˌənˈsɛdld 1Lacking order or stability. 不稳定的，不稳固的 不稳定的童年。 Example sentencesExamples - He had an unsettled childhood and, like many ambitious Egyptians of limited means, in 1937 he chose a career in the army.
- But as time passed, one began to wonder whether Diana could sustain romance of any kind, due to insecurities that she herself traced to an unsettled childhood.
- The finding prompted the theory that the boy king was murdered by a blow to the head during the unsettled period of his reign.
- He had himself been through an unsettled childhood and home life. He spent years in care.
- According to NACRO, Joseph lived an unsettled childhood and exhibited clear signs of depression and suicidal thoughts.
- It was an unsettled, nomadic period in his life.
- There, they can help stabilize unsettled regions through their presence and training.
- These factors include your medical problems, your current unsettled living conditions and the fact that you are an ex-asylum seeker, who was granted refugee status in January 2000.
- Nevertheless, it enjoyed four successful series, providing a rich seam of satire and some much-needed light relief during a particularly unsettled period of Britain's recent past.
- She is quick to point out that her childhood was not unhappy, just unsettled.
- Reid Pearce, mitigating, said Sheridan had a very unsettled family background.
- Sam took the award for his portfolio ‘Colombia on the brink - the escalating war’, a series of images documenting the current unsettled times in South America.
- Saudi Arabia mourns King Fahd, a traditionalist in changing times, and it pledges loyalty to Abdullah, heir to a stable government and an unsettled state.
- After an unsettled childhood he transformed himself into an eccentric showman and anti-hero of British boxing in the Nineties.
- The state of the laws is still unsettled in Russia.
- My life is really unsettled, my friends have much more settled lives than I do at this point.
- How Nguyen came to be into making compositions out of bugs began with her early difficult years in an unsettled Vietnam when she and part of her family fled to the countryside for safety.
- Ó Rathaille continued to lead an unsettled life, spending periods of time in Kerry and Limerick.
- However, with all the turmoil we've been experiencing in the past two months, the moving around and general unsettled life we've been leading we never quite managed the first schedule, let alone the second.
- However, some have said that he does not possess the qualities required for leading the company, particularly as it is in an unsettled state.
Synonyms aimless, directionless, purposeless, without purpose, without a goal rootless, moving, wandering, nomadic, travelling, transient - 1.1 Worried and uneasy.
忧虑不安的，心神不定的 she felt edgy and unsettled 她感到紧张不安。 Example sentencesExamples - I found it a disturbing remembrance, and I shuddered a little to shrug it off, feeling distinctly unsettled and out of place, drifting without support for an instant, like the falling leaves.
- When the more precipitous segments of this rollercoaster ride are crammed into a few short days, as they have been either side of this New Year, unsettled investors can be forgiven for wondering what on earth is going on.
- But behind the picture-postcard facade, residents of the rural community of Bradfield, on the outskirts of Sheffield, have become increasingly unsettled.
- During a brief Q & A session after the screening, Perry tried, unsuccessfully in my opinion, to justify the elements of the movie that left me unsettled.
- Sources claim staff have become unsettled by regular ownership changes.
- This is because whenever anyone was feeling sad or afraid or angry or unsettled, the young man simply played his fiddle, and the music banished every bit of sadness, fear, anger and uneasiness.
- They shuffled some more and looked about, uneasy, unsettled, on edge.
- But now I am more unsettled than ever, and seriously wigged out.
- Another pivotal moment is coming soon - the one in which ministers have to persuade unsettled MPs that its most controversial proposals were indeed those they campaigned for in May.
- ‘Workers were unsettled when it began vibrating and made strange noises,’ a spokesman for police in the eastern city of Chemnitz said.
- Caddy finally goes to bed, but, unsettled, Quentin wanders around, and happens to bump into Dalton.
- They should be playing their fab new single Everybody's Gonna Be Happy and, if we're immensely fortunate, our Dad will not appear in the doorway sounding a little unsettled.
- And even the Soviet photographs, which were intended to depict an improving economy, leave the viewer unsettled, with so much left unsaid.
- Harried by constant fire and unsettled by the universal presence of landmines - the main cause of casualties - the Russian army has been thoroughly demoralised.
- On the two nights in question, Mr Weekes was very unsettled and nothing could be done to calm him.
- Nevertheless, the experience left me slightly unsettled and reinforced the knowledge that simply looking different would play a major role in how I am perceived and treated in Guyana.
- But his usual easy-going charm seemed to have temporarily deserted him, and she found him terse, uncommunicative, clearly unsettled by her absence.
- Dr. Vincent, an old family friend, takes Paul fishing in order to help ease his mind, but Paul remains unsettled and decides to return home.
- He was even more unsettled when he thought the transit was going to crash into the side of the station.
- Brass will now need to discuss every senior player's contract - are all up for renewal this summer - but Dunning added the players have not been unsettled by not being able to discuss plans for next season.
Synonyms restless, restive, fidgety, anxious, worried, troubled, fretful disquieted, flustered, agitated, ruffled, uneasy, disconcerted, discomposed, unnerved, ill at ease, uncomfortable, edgy, on edge, tense, nervous, apprehensive, alarmed, concerned, dismayed, disturbed, turbulent, perturbed, shaken, upset, bothered, distressed informal thrown, rattled, fazed, twitchy, shaky, wired British informal stressy - 1.2 Liable to change; unpredictable.
易变的；不可预测的 a spell of unsettled weather 一段时间的多变天气。 Example sentencesExamples - And in unsettled times, there's always the option of cheering oneself up by playing ‘who have I outlived?’
- Things are very politically unsettled at the moment.
- As Parker points out, the meanings of these words for other purposes were unsettled and changing in this period.
- These are extraordinarily uncertain and unsettled times.
- The corporate bond market remains unsettled, with junk spreads widening again this week.
- In that stretch there has never been a time so unsettled.
- The unsettled political situation has meant that the frequency and level of protest action (by both Maoist and other political groups) has increased.
- Gameplay is unpredictable; it shuttles back and forth, unsettled, dynamic, open to chance.
- Easter Monday looks even more unsettled, with cloudy, rainy skies and temperatures falling to 11C.
- One would not be surprised to learn that they are far more worried about holding their jobs in an unsettled economy.
- It is still raining and unsettled; applying crucial sprays like T2 fungicides and first blight sprays has been frustrating.
- Martine says: ‘Twenty-five years have passed and we always said that in this very unsettled world, the spirit of Krashny is one of solidarity.’
- In the unsettled world today, many Australians are looking for a direction.
- Cyclonic weather with a depression centred over the UK can cause unsettled conditions in both winter and summer.
- The Credit market remains extraordinarily unsettled, although rates ended the week little changed.
- We are in a transitional and liminal time: this makes everything unsettled and awkward, and most of us feel tremendous unrest and a sense of urgency.
- It will stay quite unsettled over the weekend, especially in the north and west.
- We operate today in an extraordinarily unsettled financial environment dominated by leveraged speculation and U.S. foreign liabilities of unprecedented amounts.
- The bill justifies this premise by reference to ‘the uncertainty and unsettled character of all human knowledge.’
- The crew had its first training session in February, a four-day ordeal which was deemed a success despite windy and unsettled conditions, with winds getting up to 38 knots at times.
Synonyms changeable, changing, variable, varying, inconstant, inconsistent, ever-changing, erratic, unstable, unsteady, shifting, fluid, undependable, unreliable, uncertain, unpredictable, mercurial, quicksilver, kaleidoscopic, chameleon-like rare protean
2Not yet resolved. 未定的；未解决的 one question remains unsettled 一个重要问题依然没有解决。 Example sentencesExamples - In the contemplative ‘Untitled’ Fairfax explores family memories and her unsettled relationship with her father.
- The status of contract personnel on the battlefield and the guaranteeing of continuing service in combat are murky and unsettled questions.
- The issues facing the Arab League summit in Algeria this month will remain unsettled until the key players define a common stance, reports Dina Ezzat
- Meanwhile, Collins's case remains unsettled, and only chipping paint and crumbling steps indicate the havoc inside her house.
- Since this is a relatively recent and unsettled debate, through this example we can see Critical Theory in the making.
- He has moved back and forth in a way that aides said reflected the unsettled question of how harshly he should distinguish himself from the president.
- Its sphere of application is public life, not private life. Where to draw this line between public and private for this purpose is itself an unsettled and controversial issue.
- Battle on some unsettled disputes may need to be fought afresh
- The issue of illegitimacy of space that Eklavya has occupied in government schools though historical is now an issue that would be dangerous to leave unsettled.
- I look forward to seeing the DPP and the KMT cooperate to resolve unsettled human rights cases and bring justice to former political prisoners.
- The lecturers, who were seeking a 3.25 percent increase, had been withholding grades and were threatening rolling strikes while their dispute remained unsettled.
- Therefore, certification is an acceptable and conciliatory method for determining a state court's opinion regarding an unsettled or disputed question of law.
- But underlying all this, there are tensions born of age-old rivalries, long unsettled land disputes and of arguments long forgotten.
- This is an unsettled area, so it is smart to take a conservative approach until further guidelines are developed.
- Nevertheless, the controversies over literary openness are far from being resolved, and many related issues remain unsettled.
- Working against the bill, however, were unsettled questions over whether legislators had the authority to change the state's definition of marriage.
- Points of disagreement can be as informative as the timeline itself, highlighting unsettled areas in art history.
- But the grand question was still unsettled of how this epidemic was generated and increased.
- There remained various issues that lay beneath the smiles of the newly named Zimbabweans, unsettled problems that were left to fester deep in the hearts of many in the country.
- The phonetic form and spelling and the derivation are alike unsettled, the uncertainty of the latter involving that of the former.
Synonyms undecided, to be decided, unresolved, undetermined, uncertain, open, arguable, debatable, disputed, unanswered, open to debate, doubtful, in doubt, moot, up in the air, in (a state of) limbo, in a state of uncertainty, indefinite, inconclusive, unconfirmed, unsolved, ongoing, pending confused, problematic, vexed, ambiguous, equivocal, vague, borderline informal iffy - 2.1 (of a bill) not yet paid.
（账单）未结清的；未付的 they charge interest on debts that remain unsettled after 30 days Example sentencesExamples - After checking, the agent told my that my account has been blocked due to an unsettled bill.
- Bookkeeping accompanied by signed receipts would memorialise and facilitate credit transfers that remained unsettled for many years.
- Accordingly, the Respondent decided that the bank did not owe the appellant any money in unsettled bills.
- As at December 31 last year, councils owed their workers about K18 billion in unsettled arrears and the Government had since paid off half of the amount.
- Zambia's monopoly electric company has found a new way to collect more than R600 million in unsettled bills - by rewarding its defaulting customers.
Synonyms unpaid, payable, outstanding, owing, owed, to be paid, due, overdue, undischarged, in arrears, in the red, receivable North American delinquent, past due
3(of an area) having no settlers or inhabitants. 无人居住的，无居民的 Example sentencesExamples - Some reservations closely followed traditional Ojibwa boundaries, while others were established in previously unsettled areas.
- At first they were held in public houses, but as the attempts to eliminate them intensified, they moved to unsettled areas on the outskirts of settlement.
- There is the idea of the settled community as a human habitation and center of civilization, as opposed to the unsettled, wild areas surrounding it that are believed to be inhabited by spirits.
- The park will extend to the northern bank of the Haonib River, inclusive of the associated flood plains, as well as unsettled state land connecting the Hobatere concession area.
- Overlanders are celebrated as key figures in local pioneer legends, which, typically, emphasise the perils of travelling unprotected through unsettled country and their bravery for doing so.
- After nearly a decade of promotion and pioneering, the Everglades remained relatively unsettled.
- Generous with encouragement for preservation, the Colonial Office was stingy with funds to pay for policing vast unsettled areas.
Synonyms uninhabited, unpopulated, unpeopled, unoccupied, unfrequented empty, vacant, abandoned, deserted, depopulated, forsaken, desolate, lonely
Derivativesnoun This unsettledness of social location for the sources is not surprising, given our limited information about post-586 history. Example sentencesExamples - This feeling of unsettledness and that everything is uncertain is what I have.
- There is an unsettledness now in after-school childcare.
- It's the only thing that can stand up to all the storms and unsettledness of life.
- Something of Woolf's poor state of mind in 1909 also made its way into her first novel, The Voyage Out, where protagonist Rachel Vinrace can find no answer to her feelings of unsettledness.
Definition of unsettled in US English: unsettledadjectiveˌənˈsedldˌənˈsɛdld 1Lacking stability. 不稳定的，不稳固的 不稳定的童年。 Example sentencesExamples - According to NACRO, Joseph lived an unsettled childhood and exhibited clear signs of depression and suicidal thoughts.
- After an unsettled childhood he transformed himself into an eccentric showman and anti-hero of British boxing in the Nineties.
- Sam took the award for his portfolio ‘Colombia on the brink - the escalating war’, a series of images documenting the current unsettled times in South America.
- How Nguyen came to be into making compositions out of bugs began with her early difficult years in an unsettled Vietnam when she and part of her family fled to the countryside for safety.
- My life is really unsettled, my friends have much more settled lives than I do at this point.
- He had an unsettled childhood and, like many ambitious Egyptians of limited means, in 1937 he chose a career in the army.
- It was an unsettled, nomadic period in his life.
- He had himself been through an unsettled childhood and home life. He spent years in care.
- However, with all the turmoil we've been experiencing in the past two months, the moving around and general unsettled life we've been leading we never quite managed the first schedule, let alone the second.
- The finding prompted the theory that the boy king was murdered by a blow to the head during the unsettled period of his reign.
- Saudi Arabia mourns King Fahd, a traditionalist in changing times, and it pledges loyalty to Abdullah, heir to a stable government and an unsettled state.
- However, some have said that he does not possess the qualities required for leading the company, particularly as it is in an unsettled state.
- Ó Rathaille continued to lead an unsettled life, spending periods of time in Kerry and Limerick.
- There, they can help stabilize unsettled regions through their presence and training.
- Nevertheless, it enjoyed four successful series, providing a rich seam of satire and some much-needed light relief during a particularly unsettled period of Britain's recent past.
- But as time passed, one began to wonder whether Diana could sustain romance of any kind, due to insecurities that she herself traced to an unsettled childhood.
- These factors include your medical problems, your current unsettled living conditions and the fact that you are an ex-asylum seeker, who was granted refugee status in January 2000.
- She is quick to point out that her childhood was not unhappy, just unsettled.
- The state of the laws is still unsettled in Russia.
- Reid Pearce, mitigating, said Sheridan had a very unsettled family background.
Synonyms aimless, directionless, purposeless, without purpose, without a goal - 1.1 Worried and uneasy.
忧虑不安的，心神不定的 she felt edgy and unsettled 她感到紧张不安。 Example sentencesExamples - But behind the picture-postcard facade, residents of the rural community of Bradfield, on the outskirts of Sheffield, have become increasingly unsettled.
- ‘Workers were unsettled when it began vibrating and made strange noises,’ a spokesman for police in the eastern city of Chemnitz said.
- On the two nights in question, Mr Weekes was very unsettled and nothing could be done to calm him.
- But his usual easy-going charm seemed to have temporarily deserted him, and she found him terse, uncommunicative, clearly unsettled by her absence.
- Another pivotal moment is coming soon - the one in which ministers have to persuade unsettled MPs that its most controversial proposals were indeed those they campaigned for in May.
- They should be playing their fab new single Everybody's Gonna Be Happy and, if we're immensely fortunate, our Dad will not appear in the doorway sounding a little unsettled.
- But now I am more unsettled than ever, and seriously wigged out.
- During a brief Q & A session after the screening, Perry tried, unsuccessfully in my opinion, to justify the elements of the movie that left me unsettled.
- When the more precipitous segments of this rollercoaster ride are crammed into a few short days, as they have been either side of this New Year, unsettled investors can be forgiven for wondering what on earth is going on.
- Sources claim staff have become unsettled by regular ownership changes.
- Harried by constant fire and unsettled by the universal presence of landmines - the main cause of casualties - the Russian army has been thoroughly demoralised.
- This is because whenever anyone was feeling sad or afraid or angry or unsettled, the young man simply played his fiddle, and the music banished every bit of sadness, fear, anger and uneasiness.
- He was even more unsettled when he thought the transit was going to crash into the side of the station.
- I found it a disturbing remembrance, and I shuddered a little to shrug it off, feeling distinctly unsettled and out of place, drifting without support for an instant, like the falling leaves.
- And even the Soviet photographs, which were intended to depict an improving economy, leave the viewer unsettled, with so much left unsaid.
- Brass will now need to discuss every senior player's contract - are all up for renewal this summer - but Dunning added the players have not been unsettled by not being able to discuss plans for next season.
- Dr. Vincent, an old family friend, takes Paul fishing in order to help ease his mind, but Paul remains unsettled and decides to return home.
- They shuffled some more and looked about, uneasy, unsettled, on edge.
- Caddy finally goes to bed, but, unsettled, Quentin wanders around, and happens to bump into Dalton.
- Nevertheless, the experience left me slightly unsettled and reinforced the knowledge that simply looking different would play a major role in how I am perceived and treated in Guyana.
Synonyms restless, restive, fidgety, anxious, worried, troubled, fretful - 1.2 Liable to change; unpredictable.
易变的；不可预测的 a spell of unsettled weather 一段时间的多变天气。 Example sentencesExamples - In the unsettled world today, many Australians are looking for a direction.
- These are extraordinarily uncertain and unsettled times.
- Easter Monday looks even more unsettled, with cloudy, rainy skies and temperatures falling to 11C.
- And in unsettled times, there's always the option of cheering oneself up by playing ‘who have I outlived?’
- As Parker points out, the meanings of these words for other purposes were unsettled and changing in this period.
- It will stay quite unsettled over the weekend, especially in the north and west.
- One would not be surprised to learn that they are far more worried about holding their jobs in an unsettled economy.
- Gameplay is unpredictable; it shuttles back and forth, unsettled, dynamic, open to chance.
- In that stretch there has never been a time so unsettled.
- The Credit market remains extraordinarily unsettled, although rates ended the week little changed.
- Martine says: ‘Twenty-five years have passed and we always said that in this very unsettled world, the spirit of Krashny is one of solidarity.’
- We are in a transitional and liminal time: this makes everything unsettled and awkward, and most of us feel tremendous unrest and a sense of urgency.
- The corporate bond market remains unsettled, with junk spreads widening again this week.
- We operate today in an extraordinarily unsettled financial environment dominated by leveraged speculation and U.S. foreign liabilities of unprecedented amounts.
- The crew had its first training session in February, a four-day ordeal which was deemed a success despite windy and unsettled conditions, with winds getting up to 38 knots at times.
- Cyclonic weather with a depression centred over the UK can cause unsettled conditions in both winter and summer.
- The unsettled political situation has meant that the frequency and level of protest action (by both Maoist and other political groups) has increased.
- It is still raining and unsettled; applying crucial sprays like T2 fungicides and first blight sprays has been frustrating.
- The bill justifies this premise by reference to ‘the uncertainty and unsettled character of all human knowledge.’
- Things are very politically unsettled at the moment.
Synonyms changeable, changing, variable, varying, inconstant, inconsistent, ever-changing, erratic, unstable, unsteady, shifting, fluid, undependable, unreliable, uncertain, unpredictable, mercurial, quicksilver, kaleidoscopic, chameleon-like
2Not yet resolved. 未定的；未解决的 one important question remains unsettled 一个重要问题依然没有解决。 Example sentencesExamples - Since this is a relatively recent and unsettled debate, through this example we can see Critical Theory in the making.
- Battle on some unsettled disputes may need to be fought afresh
- This is an unsettled area, so it is smart to take a conservative approach until further guidelines are developed.
- Therefore, certification is an acceptable and conciliatory method for determining a state court's opinion regarding an unsettled or disputed question of law.
- The issues facing the Arab League summit in Algeria this month will remain unsettled until the key players define a common stance, reports Dina Ezzat
- Meanwhile, Collins's case remains unsettled, and only chipping paint and crumbling steps indicate the havoc inside her house.
- Its sphere of application is public life, not private life. Where to draw this line between public and private for this purpose is itself an unsettled and controversial issue.
- The status of contract personnel on the battlefield and the guaranteeing of continuing service in combat are murky and unsettled questions.
- The issue of illegitimacy of space that Eklavya has occupied in government schools though historical is now an issue that would be dangerous to leave unsettled.
- Points of disagreement can be as informative as the timeline itself, highlighting unsettled areas in art history.
- The phonetic form and spelling and the derivation are alike unsettled, the uncertainty of the latter involving that of the former.
- There remained various issues that lay beneath the smiles of the newly named Zimbabweans, unsettled problems that were left to fester deep in the hearts of many in the country.
- Nevertheless, the controversies over literary openness are far from being resolved, and many related issues remain unsettled.
- But the grand question was still unsettled of how this epidemic was generated and increased.
- I look forward to seeing the DPP and the KMT cooperate to resolve unsettled human rights cases and bring justice to former political prisoners.
- He has moved back and forth in a way that aides said reflected the unsettled question of how harshly he should distinguish himself from the president.
- But underlying all this, there are tensions born of age-old rivalries, long unsettled land disputes and of arguments long forgotten.
- In the contemplative ‘Untitled’ Fairfax explores family memories and her unsettled relationship with her father.
- Working against the bill, however, were unsettled questions over whether legislators had the authority to change the state's definition of marriage.
- The lecturers, who were seeking a 3.25 percent increase, had been withholding grades and were threatening rolling strikes while their dispute remained unsettled.
Synonyms undecided, to be decided, unresolved, undetermined, uncertain, open, arguable, debatable, disputed, unanswered, open to debate, doubtful, in doubt, moot, up in the air, in limbo, in a state of limbo, in a state of uncertainty, indefinite, inconclusive, unconfirmed, unsolved, ongoing, pending - 2.1 (of a bill) not yet paid.
（账单）未结清的；未付的 Example sentencesExamples - Accordingly, the Respondent decided that the bank did not owe the appellant any money in unsettled bills.
- After checking, the agent told my that my account has been blocked due to an unsettled bill.
- Bookkeeping accompanied by signed receipts would memorialise and facilitate credit transfers that remained unsettled for many years.
- Zambia's monopoly electric company has found a new way to collect more than R600 million in unsettled bills - by rewarding its defaulting customers.
- As at December 31 last year, councils owed their workers about K18 billion in unsettled arrears and the Government had since paid off half of the amount.
Synonyms unpaid, payable, outstanding, owing, owed, to be paid, due, overdue, undischarged, in arrears, in the red, receivable
3(of an area) having no settlers or inhabitants. 无人居住的，无居民的 Example sentencesExamples - After nearly a decade of promotion and pioneering, the Everglades remained relatively unsettled.
- The park will extend to the northern bank of the Haonib River, inclusive of the associated flood plains, as well as unsettled state land connecting the Hobatere concession area.
- Overlanders are celebrated as key figures in local pioneer legends, which, typically, emphasise the perils of travelling unprotected through unsettled country and their bravery for doing so.
- Some reservations closely followed traditional Ojibwa boundaries, while others were established in previously unsettled areas.
- There is the idea of the settled community as a human habitation and center of civilization, as opposed to the unsettled, wild areas surrounding it that are believed to be inhabited by spirits.
- Generous with encouragement for preservation, the Colonial Office was stingy with funds to pay for policing vast unsettled areas.
- At first they were held in public houses, but as the attempts to eliminate them intensified, they moved to unsettled areas on the outskirts of settlement.
Synonyms uninhabited, unpopulated, unpeopled, unoccupied, unfrequented
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