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

• The police caught the burglar unawares.
  警方出其不意地抓住了夜贼。
• She probably dropped the parcel unawares.
  她很可能无意中丢失了那包裹。
• 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。
• Sometimes our expectations sneak up on us unawares.
  有些时候，我们期待的事情会不期而至。
• It came out quite unawares, quite undesignedly.
  这事发生于无意之中，全无预料。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Old age creeps upon one unawares.
  不知不觉间人就老了。
• 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。