Unawares
[ʌnə'weəz] or [,ʌnə'wɛrz]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) 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.
(adv.) without forethought or plan; inadvertently; 'came upon the diamond unawares'.
校對:罗赞--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(adv.) Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly.
海尔格校對
同義詞及近義詞：
ad. Unexpectedly, suddenly.
整理:普雷斯利
例句/造句/用法:
- She recognised him; she greeted him, and yet she was flutteredsurprised, taken unawares. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It came out quite unawares, quite undesignedly. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- That storm, the First French Revolution, the indignation of the common man in Europe, took their system unawares. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She appeared to be cross-questioning me, attempting to draw from me information unawares. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Dorothea renewed the subject of the estate as they drove along, but Mr. Brooke, not being taken unawares, got the talk under his own control. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He had caught it unawares; many of the men were ashore and a council was being held in the flagship. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A letter came unawares, Perdita read it. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I can preserve myself from priests, and from churches; but love steals in unawares! 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The Darwinian movement took formal Christianity unawares, suddenly. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I know just what I should say, for I've planned it all, so I needn't be taken unawares. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- You take me unawares, said he. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It takes me quite unawares. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- We had entertained an angel unawares, but we did not take her in. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- What he meant by slipping in this extraordinary question unawares, I was at a total loss to imagine. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- If so, she had indeed come to him unawares. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- A remark which takes a man unawares by means of his own coat is not an easy remark to answer. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- How soon may our own evil passions prove to be Oriental noblemen who pounce on us unawares! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He had come back then, unawares. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Full sure was I that Madame had missed--was come in search of me, and designed now to pounce on the defaulter unawares. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- In health she had never been accustomed to think aloud, but now words escaped her lips unawares. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
整理:普雷斯利