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C1[after verb]If someone is unavailable, they are notabletotalktopeopleormeetpeople, usually because they are doing other things: （通常指某人忙于他事而）不能会面的，不能交谈的，抽不开身的 Newsoutletstriedtocontactthe Senator, but she was unavailableforcomment.新闻机构试图联系参议员，但是她无暇发表评论。 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplesnot available - busyI'm busy all morning - can we meet up in the afternoon?
- tied upI'll be tied up in meetings until 3.00pm, but could meet after that.
- unavailableThe CEO is currently unavailable - may I take a message?
- engagedI can't come to tea - I'm engaged elsewhere.
See more results » B2If something is unavailable, you cannot get it or use it: （某物）得不到的，不能使用的 Thisinformationwaspreviouslyunavailable to thepublic.这样的信息以前公众是无法获知的。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesUnavailable and inaccessible - busy
- busy signal
- discontinued
- gone
- impenetrable
- inaccessibility
- inaccessible
- irrecoverably
- lost
- off
- out-of-pocket
- oversubscribed
- pocket
- reserved
- season
- tie
- tiesomeoneup
- unaccounted for
- unavailability
- unreachable
See more results » unavailable| American Dictionary(of things) notableto be used orobtained, or (ofpeople) notwillingorableto bemetortalkedto: Freshfruitandvegetableshad been unavailable for sometime. I’msorry, thecolonelis unavailable now. unavailable| Business Englishnotableto bebought,owned, etc.: unavailable to sbMuch oftheirclothingiscustom-madeand unavailable to thepublic. Thisinformationwaspreviouslyunavailableonline. if someone is unavailable, they do not havetimefreefor doing something or they are notableorwillingto do it: He is away from theofficeand wasunavailable forcomment. Examplesofunavailableunavailable In most countries, newer second-line antimicrobial agents are expensive and, therefore,unavailableto the majority of the population, causing many infections to become effectively untreatable.From theCambridge English Corpus One shortcoming - the bibliography does not contain all the references in the notes and therefore full citations are sometimesunavailable.From theCambridge English Corpus In case of failure of the actuator, and, in particular, a blocked position, the two missions becomeunavailable, and a maintenance operation is required.From theCambridge English Corpus As noted above, it follows from inclusiveness that indices and bar-levels areunavailable.From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, these variables areunavailableas resources for gender construction for younger generations of speakers.From theCambridge English Corpus Pre-deployment serum specimens wereunavailablefor 67 individuals and post-deployment serum specimens were not found for 64 individuals.From theCambridge English Corpus Preoperative angiograms wereunavailablefor 5 patients, and postoperative films wereunavailablefor an additional 2 patients.From theCambridge English Corpus However, the variable is clearlyunavailablefor gender constructions in the youngest group, ages 3-18, where gender segregation and separation is most pronounced.From theCambridge English Corpus When county-level personnel wereunavailable, the project coordinator recruited regional personnel.From theCambridge English Corpus However, many respondents do not work for publicly traded companies, making this informationunavailable.From theCambridge English Corpus Theoretically, an insecure- dismissing attachment organization develops when a child experiences predominantlyunavailableor insensitive reactions from a primary caregiver.From theCambridge English Corpus Up to two revisits were made if household members were previouslyunavailable.From theCambridge English Corpus Seeds and sprouts from the implicated lot wereunavailablefor testing.From theCambridge English Corpus Unavailabledata: text that presents information which is not present in or derivable from the input data.From theCambridge English Corpus However, in many application domains, human-designed taxonomies areunavailable.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |