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incompleteness

UK //ˌɪnkəmˈpliːtnəs//US //ˌɪnkəmˈpliːtnəs//

词源

源自中古英语,由否定前缀 in- + completeness(完整)构成,最早可追溯至拉丁语 incompletus。

noun

❶ 指某事物不完整或未完成的状态,常用于描述信息缺失、理论缺陷或作品未完工等情况。

“The incompleteness of the report made it difficult to draw conclusions.”

(报告的不完整性使得难以得出结论。)

“She felt a sense of incompleteness after leaving the project unfinished.”

(项目未完成就离开后,她感到一种不完整感。)

同义词:deficiency, imperfection, shortcoming

常见短语

sense of incompleteness — 形容因事物未完成或缺失而产生的心理感受,常见于对未竟事务的遗憾或失落。

“After the sudden end of their relationship, he was left with a lingering sense of incompleteness.”

(关系突然结束后,他长期带着挥之不去的不完整感。)