untapped

/ʌnˈtæpt/· adj.

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Chinese meaning

未开发的;尚未利用的

资zī源yuán存cún在zài却què尚shàng未wèi被bèi开kāi采cǎi或huò动dòng用yòng

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规guī模mó居jū世shì界jiè前qián列liè、至zhì今jīn尚shàng未wèi开kāi采cǎi的de钨wū矿kuàng储chǔ量liàng

Example

An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the commerce secretary access to one of the world's largest untapped reserves of tungsten.

美国与哈萨克斯坦之间的协议,使一批与总统及商务部长有关联的美国投资者,获得了全球最大未开发钨矿储量之一的开采权。

Source: The New York Times

Background ✎

美měi国guó与yǔ哈hā萨sà克kè斯sī坦tǎn签qiān署shǔ矿kuàng产chǎn协xié议yì,特tè朗lǎng普pǔ家jiā族zú成chéng员yuán或huò从cóng钨wū矿kuàng开kāi发fā中zhōng获huò益yì,利lì益yì冲chōng突tū质zhì疑yí随suí之zhī而ér来lái。

Roots · etymology

源自 un-(否定)+ tap(轻敲引出,源自古英语 tæppa,桶塞)

  • un-(否定前缀)+ tapped(已被开采的,tap 的过去分词)

Collocations

  • untapped potential / untapped resources / untapped market

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