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

• 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。
• We crept up on them unawares.
  我们出其不意地走近他们。
• 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。
• She came unawares on a struggling circle of people.
  她意外地遇上了一群正在搏斗的人。
• 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。
• Sometimes our expectations sneak up on us unawares.
  有些时候，我们期待的事情会不期而至。
• 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。
• I unawares fall in the dream net.
  我不知不觉掉进了梦网。
• 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。
• 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。