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un·a·wares /ˌʌnəˈweəz $ -ˈwerz/ adverb 1 take/catch somebody unawares EXPECTif something takes you unawares, it happens when you are not expecting it and are not prepared 让某人措手不及 The question caught me completely unawares. 那个问题问得我措手不及。2 formalNOTICE without noticing 不知不觉地;无意中 We had walked unawares over the border. 我们无意中越过了边界。Examples from the Corpusunawares• Tommy and Don stood in the corner, chatting unawares.• Perhaps Chapel had proven harder to catch unawares.• The thought caught him unawares, and despair filled him.• And when it does, as it always does, we are caught unawares and unprepared.• But this morning she caught me unawares before I'd had a single cup of coffee.• This lad behaved every way as a man would who had happened unawares on murder.un·a·wares adverbChineseSyllable you it Corpus something when unawares, happens takes if |