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.

• 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。
• 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

• PHRASE 冷不防地；出其不意地
  If somethingcatchesyouunawaresortakesyouunawares, 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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She came upon him unawares as he was searching her room.
  她撞见他正在搜查她的房间。
• 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。
• Quite unawares, he had reached the bridge over the Zhonghai lake.
  不知不觉的，他来到了中海。
• We crept up on them unawares.
  我们出其不意地走近他们。