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单词 unawares
释义
unawares
adverb
uk
/ˌʌn.əˈweəz/us
/ˌʌn.əˈwerz/
suddenlyandunexpectedlywithout anywarning:
出其不意地，意外地，冷不防地
Theovernightinvasiontookthemilitaryexpertsunawares.一夜间突然入侵令军事专家们始料不及。
Thegovernmentwasobviouslycaughtunawares by(= was notexpecting)thecriticism.政府似乎对这突然发起的抨击猝不及防。
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Not expected or planned
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  • ad hocism
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  • hoof
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  • innocent
  • innocently
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(Definition ofunawaresfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unawares| American Dictionary

unawares
adverb
us
/ˌʌn·əˈweərz/
suddenlyandunexpectedly; withoutwarning:
We werecaughtunawares by thefiercestorm.
(Definition ofunawaresfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunawares

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For this reason, historiography was not caught entirelyunawaresby the arguments raised by the mass media.
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This form of ageism is subtle and often covert or invisible, and very often individuals and organisations practise itunawares, making it difficult to challenge.
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Philosophers who insist that lawyers all follow certain linguistic criteria for judging propositions of law, perhapsunawares, have produced theories identifying these criteria.
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This was an almost casual remark which seemed to catch even himunawares.
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Related, perhaps, to presence are those ostensibly quotidian moments - when caughtunawareswe are taken out of ourselves.
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Can one be ephectic otherwise thanunawares?
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Despite ample warnings, the demographic transition we are now experiencing has caught some peopleunawares, and many older people now rank among the most vulnerable in society.
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We are caughtunawares, surprised by sound, which may be the one remaining sensory dimension in our hypervisual culture that still has the power to shock.
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Having been takenunawares, it has then taken us many years slowly and painfully to build up our intelligence organisations in those places.
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The problems about the use of the green belt have been catching up on usunawares.
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It was not that the unions were agitators, stirring up people; even the unions were caughtunawares.
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Like me, he was caughtunawaresby the sudden collapse of our business this morning.
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I can recommend this as an excellent substitute for a banana skin because it is lethal if stepped onunawares.
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The merchant seaman must sail at the hazard of a deadly peril, which might comeunawares, and against which he was at first utterly defenceless.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These are serious difficulties for industry when taxation is thrust upon manufacturersunawares.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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