unbeknownst

英語

詞源

約1636年，可能源自unbeknown +‎ -st。

發音

• IPA^(幫助)：/ˌʌnbɪˈnoʊnst/

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副詞

unbeknownst (不可比)

1. (後接to) 在...不知道的情況下

   He went home early, unbeknownst to his mother.

   他在不讓母親知道的情況下提早回了家。

   • 2017 8月 27, Brandon Nowalk, 「Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)」, 出自 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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近義詞

• unbeknown、unknown