| 词汇 | unawares |
| 释义 | unawares adverb uk /ˌʌn.əˈweəz/ us /ˌʌn.əˈwerz/ suddenly and unexpectedly without any warning: 出其不意地，意外地，冷不防地 The overnight invasion took the military experts unawares.一夜间突然入侵令军事专家们始料不及。 The government was obviously caught unawares by (= was not expecting) the criticism.政府似乎对这突然发起的抨击猝不及防。 Not expected or planned abrupt end abrupt halt abruptly abruptness ad hoc inadvertence inadvertency inadvertent inadvertently inconceivable sharpness sine die spirit spontaneity spontaneous unsuspected untimely untoward unwilled unwitting unawares | American Dictionaryunawares adverb us/ˌʌn·əˈweərz/ suddenly and unexpectedly; without warning: We were caught unawares by the fierce storm. Examples of unawaresunawares For this reason, historiography was not caught entirely unawares by the arguments raised by the mass media. This form of ageism is subtle and often covert or invisible, and very often individuals and organisations practise it unawares, making it difficult to challenge. Philosophers who insist that lawyers all follow certain linguistic criteria for judging propositions of law, perhaps unawares, have produced theories identifying these criteria. This was an almost casual remark which seemed to catch even him unawares. Related, perhaps, to presence are those ostensibly quotidian moments - when caught unawares we are taken out of ourselves. Can one be ephectic otherwise than unawares? Despite ample warnings, the demographic transition we are now experiencing has caught some people unawares, and many older people now rank among the most vulnerable in society. We are caught unawares, surprised by sound, which may be the one remaining sensory dimension in our hypervisual culture that still has the power to shock. Having been taken unawares, it has then taken us many years slowly and painfully to build up our intelligence organisations in those places. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problems about the use of the green belt have been catching up on us unawares. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was not that the unions were agitators, stirring up people; even the unions were caught unawares. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Like me, he was caught unawares by the sudden collapse of our business this morning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can recommend this as an excellent substitute for a banana skin because it is lethal if stepped on unawares. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The merchant seaman must sail at the hazard of a deadly peril, which might come unawares, and against which he was at first utterly defenceless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are serious difficulties for industry when taxation is thrust upon manufacturers unawares. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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