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

• 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。
• 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。
• Old age creeps upon one unawares.
  不知不觉间人就老了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He left the pen on the taBle unawares.
  他心不在焉地把笔落在桌子上。
• 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。
• The police caught the burglar unawares.
  警方出其不意地抓住了夜贼。