unawares
英 [?n?'we?z]
美[,?n?'w?rz]
- adv. 不知不覺地；出其不意地；不料
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英文詞源
- unawares (adv.)
- 1530s, "without being aware," from un- (1) "not" + aware + adverbial genitive -s. Meaning "without being noticed" is recorded from 1660s. Form unaware is recorded from 1590s.
雙語例句
- 1. Investors and currency dealers were caught completely unawares by the Bundesbank's action.
- 投資者和外匯交易商被德意志聯(lián)邦銀行的這一舉措打了個措手不及。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Sometimes our expectations sneak up on us unawares.
- 有些時候，我們期待的事情會不期而至。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The camera had caught her unawares .
- 她毫無防備地被拍攝下來。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. She probably dropped the parcel unawares.
- 她很可能無意中丟失了那包裹.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The enemy came on us unawares.
- 敵人突然進(jìn)攻我們.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》