unexpected
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/us/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/B1
notexpected:
出乎意料的,想不到的Herresignationwascompletelyunexpected.她的辞职完全是个意外。
Howlovelytoseeyou here - this really is an unexpectedpleasure!在这里见到你真好,实在是没想到!
expect the unexpected
used to say thatsurprisingorstrangethings arelikelytohappen:
The show'sproducersare notofferinganydetailsof the newseason, except to sayexpectthe unexpected.
Everyoneinvolvedinemergencydrillsknowstoexpectthe unexpected.
- Thepresidentmade an unexpectedannouncementthismorning.
- Hisascenttopowerwasrapidand unexpected.
- Theresearchproducedsomeratherunexpectedresults.
- Events took an unexpectedturnwhen hermothersuddenlyarrived.
- There's an unexpectedtwistin theplottowards the end of thefilm.
Not expected or planned
- abruptly
- abruptness
- ad hoc
- ad hocism
- ad hockery
- extemporize
- hoof
- inconceivably
- innocent
- innocently
- instinctive
- instinctively
- sine die
- spirit
- spontaneity
- spontaneous
- spontaneously
- unannounced
- unwitting
- unwittingly