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

• Old age creeps upon one unawares.
  不知不觉间人就老了。
• 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。
• I shall feel myself shudder, suddenly and unawares.
  我会突然而不自主地感到自己在颤栗。
• 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。
• 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。
• Quite unawares, he had reached the bridge over the Zhonghai lake.
  不知不觉的，他来到了中海。
• It came out quite unawares, quite undesignedly.
  这事发生于无意之中，全无预料。
• 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。
• We crept up on them unawares.
  我们出其不意地走近他们。
• 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。