单词详解 | unfounded

unfounded
音标
英音/ ʌnˈfaʊndɪd / 美音/ ʌnˈfaʊndɪd /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Many questions remained unanswered, he argued, repeating an unfounded claim that the attackers had tried to flee south to Ukraine.
他辩称,许多问题仍未得到解答,并重申了袭击者试图向南逃往乌克兰的毫无根据的说法。
BBC

In a joint statement on 11 May, the unions said that “morale has understandably dipped”, driven by “unfounded fear of personal criminal liability” and emotional distress.
在 5 月 11 日的联合声明中,工会表示,由于“对个人刑事责任的毫无根据的恐惧”和情绪困扰,“士气下降是可以理解的”。
BBC

The dispute came on the heels of Mr. Trump’s legal team making several aggressive — and some unfounded — allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and political gamesmanship against Mr. Smith in a pair of motions unsealed on Tuesday.
此前,特朗普的法律团队在周二公布的两项动议中对史密斯提出了几项咄咄逼人的指控,其中一些指控毫无根据,指控史密斯有检方不当行为和政治伎俩。
New York Times

基本释意
adjective
without a basis in reason or fact
未建立的;没有理由的;没有事实根据的

同义词
baseless,groundless,idle,unwarranted,wild

短释义
Things that are unfounded include lies, myths, and sometimes rumors. If something is unfounded, then there is no truth to it: the facts won’t back it up. People often use this word when denying something: they’ll say “Your words are unfounded!” Made-up creatures like unicorns and werewolves are unfounded. If you’re writing a paper for school, you’ve better make sure nothing in your paper is unfounded — research the facts instead.
有人曾经对你说过彻头彻尾的谎言吗?那么他们所说的都是没有根据的。毫无根据的声明背后没有任何内容。

长释义
Things that are unfounded include lies, myths, and sometimes rumors. If something is unfounded, then there is no truth to it: the facts won’t back it up. People often use this word when denying something: they’ll say “Your words are unfounded!” Made-up creatures like unicorns and werewolves are unfounded. If you’re writing a paper for school, you’ve better make sure nothing in your paper is unfounded — research the facts instead.
毫无根据的事情包括谎言、神话,有时甚至是谣言。如果某件事没有根据,那么它就不是事实:事实不会支持它。人们在否认某件事时经常用这个词:他们会说“你的话毫无根据!”像独角兽和狼人这样虚构的生物是没有根据的。如果你正在为学校写一篇论文,你最好确保论文中没有任何内容是毫无根据的——而是研究事实。

文学例句
Joe learned everything true and untrue, founded and unfounded, every ugly conjecture.
乔了解了一切真实的和不真实的、有根据的和没有根据的、每一个丑陋的猜想。
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

The Sage, insatiable for information, desires to have the unfounded assumptions particularised.
圣人对信息贪得无厌,希望将毫无根据的假设具体化。
Punch, or the London Charivari, November 25, 1893 by Various

“If the Hogwarts Express crashed tomorrow, and George and I died, how would you feel to know that the last thing we ever heard from you was an unfounded accusation?”
“如果明天霍格沃茨特快列车失事,乔治和我死了,当你知道我们从你那里听到的最后一句话是毫无根据的指控时,你会有什么感觉?”
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire by J. K. Rowling

词源
unfounded (adj.)1640s, “having no foundation or basis,” from un- (1) “not” + past participle of found (v.1).Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
unfounded (adj.)1640s,“没有基础或基础”,来自 un- (1)“不”+found 的过去分词 (v.1)。相关条目及更多


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