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单词 untoward
释义
untoward
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.təˈwɔːd/us
/ˌʌnˈtɔːrd/
unexpectedand notconvenientorunpleasant:
意外的；事与愿违的
Unless anything untowardhappenswe shouldarrivejust beforemidday.除非发生意外，否则我们应该是刚好在中午前到达。
Synonyms
awkward(DIFFICULT)
inopportuneformal
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  • disturbance
  • drag
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Not expected or planned
(Definition ofuntowardfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

untoward| American Dictionary

untoward
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ʌnˈtɔrd,-ˈtoʊrd,-təˈwɔrd/
notexpected, notconvenient, or notsuitable:
I wasnervousabout what he might do, but nothing untowardhappened.
(Definition ofuntowardfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuntoward

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Thus, it is possible that polynomial-time queries are computed in exponential-time, that is, it is possible to getuntowardexponential time resolution.
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Would there be anyuntowardchromosomal effects from such a therapy?
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Despite the harsh rhetoric, there were fewuntowardincidents, and election observers were unanimous in commending the peaceful mood.
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The theory is elegant, but it immediately entails twountowardtheses.
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I was skeptical of the vaso-vagal explanation for alluntowardevents.
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Fear of causinguntowardevents excludes many elderly patients who would benefit from exercise therapy.
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This castelike exclusion puts the secular therapist in anuntowardposition even before commencement of the therapeutic sessions.
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Even when the foreign banks held plenty of silver, they may be chary to lend it when someuntowardevent takes place.
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Like other traditional chemotherapeutic agents, cisplatin hasuntowardside-effects (nephrotoxicity, ototoxicity, and neuropathy) and clinical drug resistance does occur.
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Such interventions may not change parents' general unfavorable life circumstances, but they may equip parents with better parenting and discipline skills despite theiruntowardsituation.
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Those who gave up driving after 80 years-of-age were the most likely to have feltuntowardeffects, both men and women.
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In the event, there were few immediateuntowardconsequences from this episode.
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If the patient improved and recovered without experiencing anyuntowardadverse events, the management was deemed successful, no matter what the financial cost was.
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On the basis of the clinical course, together with electrocardiograms and stress tests, nountowardeffects can be documented in such patients.
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It was also shown by monitoring vaccinated cattle that nountowardinteractions with a variety of other animal health products occurred.
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