unawares
英 [?n?'we?z]
美[,?n?'w?rz]
- adv. 不知不覺地；出其不意地；不料
英英釋意
- 1. without forethought or plan; inadvertently;
- "came upon the diamond unawares"
- 2. suddenly and unexpectedly;
- "rain caught them unawares"
- "sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares"- A.Lincoln
- 3. at a disadvantage;
- "I was caught short"