Undecided

Undecided是英語形容詞，詞義包含未決定、未確定、不穩定等含義，主要用於描述尚未作出決定或結論的狀態。該詞可作為政治術語指代“未決定選民”，也用於學術場景表達專業選擇或研究結論的待定狀態，常見搭配包括undecided voters（未決定選民）、undecided major（未定專業）等。

該詞由否定前綴un-與decide結合形成，15世紀初形成形容詞用法。1779年擴展為描述優柔寡斷者，1968年衍生出“未決定選民”的名詞化表達。在美國高等教育體系中，Undecided發展為本科申請政策，允許學生延遲至大二確定專業，文理學院、綜合性大學及獨立學院均設有此類項目。部分院校如芝加哥大學、布朗大學將該政策納入招生體系。

基本介紹

• 外文名：undecided
• 詞性：形容詞
• 英式發音：[ˌʌndɪˈsaɪdɪd]
• 美式發音：[ˌʌndɪˈsaɪdɪd]

單詞釋義

英 [ˌʌndɪˈsaɪdɪd] 美 [ˌʌndɪˈsaɪdɪd]

adj. 未定的；未決定的；不穩定的

單詞用法

柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典

undecided /ˌʌndɪˈsaɪdɪd/

1.ADJ If someone is undecided, they cannot decide about something or have not yet decided about it. 無法決定的; 未決定的

短語搭配

or undecided 我猶豫不決 ; 我心神不定

undecided major 不確定專業

Undecided Science 待定理科課程 ; 待定的自然科學課程

Undecided Business 待定商務課程

Undecided Humanities 待定的人文科學

Undecided Health Science 待定健康學課程

undecided voters 未決定選民

undecided or unable to decide 未作決定的 ; 無法斷定的

be undecided 猶豫 ; 觀望不前

雙語例句

• He seemed undecided whether to go or stay. 他似乎還沒有決定去留。
• I'm still undecided (about) who to vote for. 我還拿不定主意投誰的票。
• The venue for the World Cup remains undecided. 世界盃的舉辦地點尚未確定。
• His message was aimed at the undecided middle ground of Israeli politics. 他所傳達的信息針對的是以色列政壇中尚未表態的中間派。
• After college she was still undecided as to what career she wanted to pursue. 大學畢業後她仍無法決定自己要追求什麼事業。
• Injun Joe put his hand on his knife, halted a moment, undecided, and then turned toward the stairway. 印第安·喬手裡拿著刀，站了一會兒，拿不定主意，然後轉身朝樓梯走去。
• The date of departure remains undecided. 行期未卜。
• Mr Obama's role is undecided. 至於歐巴馬，他的角色還待定。
• The rest are undecided. 剩下的還沒作出決定。
• Ten percent of the audience remained undecided. 百分之十的觀眾仍然猶豫不決。
• Unlike Liu, Powell was undecided about the World Cup. 而另一位世界冠軍鮑威爾則表示還沒有決定是否參加世界盃賽。
• Around 40% of voters were undecided before the debate. 在辯論賽前有40%的選民未做出決定。
• Between these four ways, a less sagacious man would have remained undecided. 在這四條路中，不如他明智的人一定會猶豫不決。
• Mr Russell said he's still undecided whether to make an application with Guinness. Russell先生說他還沒有決定是不是要申請吉尼斯紀錄。
• Opinion polls give the "si" camp a narrow lead, but many respondents are undecided. 民意調查顯示，投“是”的陣營保持著勉強的領先地位，但許多受訪者還沒有決定要投哪邊的票。
• But strikingly, an even bigger share of voters-a whopping 38%-said they were undecided. 但令人吃驚的是，有更多的投票人(高達38%)表示自己還沒有確定為那個黨投票。
• They took questions before a group of undecided voters in the style of a town hall meeting. 像市政廳會議的風格一樣，他們在一群並未決定如何投票的選民面前回答問題。
• In the week between the two tests, 30 of the 33 undecided made up their minds about the base. 在兩次測試間的這個星期，33個說沒想好的人有30個作出了決定。
• Most of the people already had a position for or against it, but 33 said they were undecided. 其實很多人已經有了反對或支持的立場，但有33人說還沒想好。
• Opinion polls underplay Mr Le Pen's support; almost half of respondents say they are undecided. 民意測驗不能充分說明勒龐的支持度；幾乎一半的受調查者聲稱他們尚未決定。
• Only 12 percent supported the decision, and the remaining 3.5 percent said they were undecided. 只有12%的人支持該決定，仍有3.5%表示拿不定主意。
• Dealers do this when they sense you're undecided, but they want to be in the position of control. 經銷商們感到你猶豫不決時就會這樣做，不過他們是想占據支配地位。
• Whether this is the case depends on physical subtleties that are currently undecided, but it is not implausible. 事實是否真如此，取決於目前尚未定論的微觀物理理論，但並非完全不可信。
• Women are thought to remain undecided for longer, often making up their minds as they enter the polling booth. 人們認為女性常常會在她們走進投票站時才做決定，之前很長一段時間內她們不做決定。
• Even if you're still undecided about SOAP, at this point you should be able to recognize its merits and its problems. 即使您還未對SOAP做出決定，在這一點上，您應該能夠認識到其優點和其問題。