unfounded
Word family adjectiveunfoundedadverbunfoundedly
un·found·ed /ʌnˈfaʊndɪd/ ●○○ AWL adjectiveadj REASONunfounded statements, feelings, opinions etc are wrong because they are not based on facts 没有事实根据的;无稽的unfounded rumours/claims/allegations etc Unfounded rumours began circulating that Ian and Susan were having an affair. 无端的谣言开始流传开来,说伊恩和苏珊有暧昧关系。
prove (to be) unfounded Sadly, my optimism proved unfounded. 不幸的是,最后证明我是盲目乐观。
prove (to be) unfounded• But today, a year since John McCarthy's homecoming, their worst dread has proved unfounded.• R: Our initial fear that the Clause would spread proved to be unfounded.• Sadly, though, my optimism proved unfounded.• Survey calls time on fears Government concerns that the 1988 Licensing Act would encourage greater consumption of alcohol have been proved unfounded.• His fears eventually prove unfounded and she is reinstated, but not before the gym is ablaze.• If the allegation of infringement proves unfounded, there will have been no breach.• They had hoped those fears would prove unfounded yesterday, but the rhetoric only got more vituperative.