unawares

英 [ˌʌnəˈweəz] 美 [ˌʌnəˈwerz]

adv.  猝然; 出其不意地; 冷不防; 不留神地; 未注意到; 不知不觉地

TEM8

BNC.19469 / COCA.28358



牛津词典

adv.

  1. 猝然;出其不意地;冷不防
    when not expected
    1. The camera had caught her unawares .
      她毫无防备地被拍摄下来。
    2. The announcement took me unawares .
      这项声明令我感到意外。
    3. She came upon him unawares when he was searching her room.
      他在翻她屋子时,冷不防被她撞见了。
  2. 不留神地;未注意到;不知不觉地
    without noticing or realizing
    1. He slipped unawares into sleep.
      他不知不觉地睡着了。

柯林斯词典

  1. PHRASE 冷不防地;出其不意地
    If something catches you unawares or takes you unawares, it happens when you are not expecting it.
    1. Investors and currency dealers were caught completely unawares by the Bundesbank's action...
      投资者和外汇交易商被德意志联邦银行的这一举措打了个措手不及。
    2. The suspect was taken unawares, without the chance to dispose of the evidence.
      嫌疑人被弄了个措手不及,根本来不及销毁证据。

双语例句

  1. Sometimes our expectations sneak up on us unawares.
    有些时候,我们期待的事情会不期而至。
  2. Investors and currency dealers were caught completely unawares by the Bundesbank's action
    投资者和外汇交易商被德意志联邦银行的这一举措打了个措手不及。
  3. The suspect was taken unawares, without the chance to dispose of the evidence.
    嫌疑人被弄了个措手不及,根本来不及销毁证据。
  4. The words slipped out unawares from her mouth after the long constraint.
    那句话在长期受到禁锢之后下意识地从她嘴里溜了出来。
  5. It came out quite unawares, quite undesignedly.
    这事发生于无意之中,全无预料。
  6. I shall feel myself shudder, suddenly and unawares.
    我会突然而不自主地感到自己在颤栗。
  7. Then I begin to weep, but the tears dry again unawares.
    然后,我开始哭泣,但眼泪干再次措手不及。
  8. The Argentines have said subsequently that they were taken unawares by the attack.
    阿根廷人事后曾说,这次袭击对他们是出其不意的。
  9. Mr Zuckerberg admits that Twitter caught Facebook unawares, though he plays down its significance.
    扎克伯格承认,twitter打了facebook一个措手不及,但他认为关系不大。
  10. This had unintended adverse consequences for the peripheral countries and the authorities have been caught unawares.
    这无意中对外围国家造成了负面影响,出乎了这些国家政府的意料。
  11. I have mentioned that I dropped asleep unawares and even seemed to be still reflecting on the same subjects.
    我说过,我在不知不觉中睡着了,仿佛还在思考着那些问题。
  12. The secret dropped from her almost unawares.
    这个秘密几乎是冷不防地从她嘴里漏出来了。
  13. We crept up on them unawares.
    我们出其不意地走近他们。
  14. He came into the room so quietly that he took me unawares.
    他进到房间是那么轻,致使我吃了一惊。
  15. Quite unawares, he had reached the bridge over the Zhonghai lake.
    不知不觉的,他来到了中海。
  16. He slipped unawares into sleep.
    他不知不觉地睡着了。
  17. Taken unawares, I thought a typhoon was approaching when the "clouds" briefly turned black.
    不知不觉之间,看到头顶大屏幕里的“云层”突然间变黑时,还自认为是台风来了。
  18. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
    不可忘记用爱心接待客旅。因为曾有接待客旅的,不知不觉就接待了天使。
  19. He sent out scouts as well, to make certain no enemy took them unawares.
    他还派出了巡逻队,以确保没有敌人能偷袭他们。
  20. Old age creeps upon one unawares.
    不知不觉间人就老了。
  21. It's a change like this that takes people unawares.
    正是这样的变化弄得人们措手不及。
  22. She came unawares on a struggling circle of people.
    她意外地遇上了一群正在搏斗的人。
  23. Taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment.
    不知不觉、突然感到惊奇或惊讶的。
  24. The police caught the burglar unawares.
    警方出其不意地抓住了夜贼。
  25. She came upon him unawares as he was searching her room.
    她撞见他正在搜查她的房间。
  26. He left the pen on the taBle unawares.
    他心不在焉地把笔落在桌子上。
  27. She probably dropped the parcel unawares.
    她很可能无意中丢失了那包裹。
  28. I unawares fall in the dream net.
    我不知不觉掉进了梦网。
  29. I do beg you will not be taken unawares this time.
    我恳求你,这一次不要被人搞得措手不及。
  30. I am myself fallen unawares into the snares of death.
    我自己不知不觉跌进了死神的陷阱。