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词汇 unheard-of
释义 unheard-of
adjective
uk /ʌnˈhɜːd.ɒv/ us /ʌnˈhɝːd.ɑːv/
surprising or shocking because not known about or previously experienced: 令人震惊的;前所未闻的,空前的
It was unheard-of for an unmarried couple to live together.未婚同居,这在以前是闻所未闻的事。
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unheard-of | American Dictionary


unheard-of
adjective
us/ʌnˈhɜrdˌʌv, -ˌɑv, -əv/
surprising or shocking because not known about or previously experienced:
Price wars have sliced prices to unheard-of lows.

Examples of unheard-of


unheard-of
This dependence on languages largely foreign to their designated constituencies on the part of purported nationalists is not necessarily unheard-of or atypical.
Nevertheless, the impact of the reforms was impressive and transformed the lives of many inmates, who enjoyed previously unheard-of privileges and rights.
Technology offers new means and unheard-of possibilities.
There is a lot of sentiment—tosh —about the men who are giving up everything at home in working unheard-of hours on munitions work!
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Far from being unheard-of, it could work in this case too.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Some of the steps which we have had to take are the most unheard-of and most unlikely steps.
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I know how they were developed even when we were at the same time manufacturing immense and unheard-of quantities of other munitions.
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That is a most absurd and unheard-of suggestion.
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But there is another thing that is entitled to still more attention, and that is an attempt to make an unheard-of change in the law.
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We have seen unheard-of speculation, with no aim other than a profit for some owners.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We now have a farming industry that uses unheard-of amounts of poison in order to achieve maximum possible yields.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
After all, it is not such an unheard-of suggestion.
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I believe that before we have finished unheard-of economies will have to be inflicted.
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So far we have been talking about the very abrupt and quite unheard-of changes that have taken place in the middle of a session.
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He could surely stand in for the almost unheard-of emergency.
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