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单词 unknown quantity
释义
unknown quantity
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˌʌn.nəʊn ˈkwɒn.tɪ.ti/us
/ˌʌn.noʊn ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/
C2
apersonor a thing whoseabilities,powers, oreffectsare notyetknown:
未知数（尚未被人了解的人或事物）
The thirdcandidatefor theseatis arelativelyunknownquantity.竞选党领导的第三个候选人的具体情况相对而言还不甚清楚。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unknown and unfamiliar
  • alien
  • alienly
  • alienness
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  • anti-foreigner
  • moody
  • murky/uncharted watersidiom
  • not be insomeone'svocabularyidiom
  • obscure
  • obscurely
  • obscurity
  • shadowy
  • strangeness
  • TBD
  • terra incognita
  • uncharted
  • uncommon
  • unsung
  • untried
  • unused
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(Definition ofunknown quantityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunknown quantity

unknown quantity
He shows promise, but he remains anunknownquantity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One reason for this was probably the universal fear that the legal system was anunknownquantityfor ordinary people.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But on other matters of orthography they remain anunknownquantity, still formulating their practices in spelling and capitalization.
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Anunknownquantityof this material, estimated to be at least as much as that collected, was left on-site.
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It involves having faith in a largelyunknownquantity, motivated by benevolence or idealism.
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This means that anunknownquantityof other material is omitted, and that some (perhaps much) of the wider crucial social and cultural context for music and theatre is lost.
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I believe that it will serve them much better than anyunknownquantityof banks and coal mines.
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The number of houses available was anunknownquantityand the number of children was also anunknownquantity.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Broadly speaking, the nationalisation of industry is anunknownquantity, both in its application and in its effects.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
She dare not move, she dare not carry out her projects until theunknownquantityof our strength and power of interference has been determined.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If not, we are asking him to make provision for anunknownquantity, which may not yet be required of him.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This is an open-ended,unknownquantity: none of us knows.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We are not dealing with strangers, or with anunknownquantity, but with the thugs we know.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I think the members of that union would be a little unhappy about theunknownquantityof these commitments.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Furthermore, why should the amount that she will receive be related to anunknownquantity; namely, the character of some man who may prove worthless?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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