unbeknownst

英语

词源

约1636年，可能源自unbeknown +‎ -st。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˌʌnbɪˈnoʊnst/

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副词

unbeknownst (無比較級)

1. (后接to) 在...不知道的情况下

   He went home early, unbeknownst to his mother.

   他在不让母亲知道的情况下提早回了家。

   • 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     Theon’s redemption scene convincingly threatens to kill him right there on the beaches of Dragonstone, dying for a good cause unbeknownst to anyone but the rapscallions who watched him die, but at last it swerves into something genuinely heroic.

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近义词

• unbeknown、unknown