unwritten

英 [ˌʌn'rɪtn] 美 [ˌʌn'rɪtn]

• adj. 不成文的；没有写的；没有记录的；口头的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. based on custom rather than documentation;

   "an unwritten law"
   "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"
   

2. using speech rather than writing;

   "an oral tradition"
   "an oral agreement"
   

3. said or done without having been planned or written in advance;

   "he made a few ad-lib remarks"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. This is an unwritten constitution.
   这是一个不成文的法规。
2. He bore the unwritten rule in mind.
   他牢记那条不成文的规矩。
3. The missive remains unwritten and unsent.
   这件公文未写也未发出去。
4. This assignment will examine Britain's peculiar unwritten constitution.
   这篇文章将审查英国的有意思的没记录的宪法。

经典引文

• Diseases unwritten in medical books.

  出自： N. Hawthorne

• The unwritten law that priests and journalists have a right to protect their sources.

  出自： A. MacVicar

• Conforming to this unwritten and indeed unspoken rule.

  出自： A. Brookner

词汇搭配

• unwritten law [律]不成文法...
• unwritten constitution [律]不成文宪法...

近反义词

【近义词】

• oral 口头的
• spoken 口语的
• unrecorded 未记录下来的...
• vocal 声音的
• understood 懂得的
• accepted 公认的
• traditional 传统的
• tacit 心照不宣的
• known 已知的
• ad-lib 即兴演唱
• spontaneous 自发的，自然的，本能的...

【反义词】

• written 书面的