英:[ˌʌnbɪˈnəʊn]
美:[ˌʌnbɪˈnoʊn]
英:[ˌʌnbɪˈnəʊn]
美:[ˌʌnbɪˈnoʊn]
un·be·known
uhn b non
unbeknownst (adj.)
Adjective
1. (usually used with `to') occurring or existing without the knowledge of;
"a crisis unbeknown to me"
"she had been ill for months, unbeknownst to the family"
Adverb
1. without someone's knowledge;
"unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements"
"未知的,不为人知的",来自 un-(1)"不" + beknown(参见 beknow)。
un- >entry 1 + obsolete English beknown known; unbeknownst, irregular from unbeknown
The first known use of unbeknownst was in 1636
unbeknownstadjective
happening without one's knowledge : unknown
events unbeknownst to me
1 He was fairly certain that Barbra Streisand, unbeknown to everyone, had found her way to Columbus in the final days of the campaign and was assigned to his team.
2 He had painted Ms. Testorf, a married mother of four, for some 15 years, for much of that time unbeknown to his wife.
3 Previously unbeknown to even my editor, one of the first references to “pumpkin spice” appears to be a 1936 recipe that ran in The Washington Post.
4 Twenty-year-old Tiller is supposed to be in college on an overseas program, but unbeknown to his dad, he has spent the last few months on a series of bizarre adventures in Asia.
5 In fact, unbeknownst to scientists until recently, ancient cities also dealt with toxic pollution; and the blooms may even have contributed to the eventual demise of civilizations.
6 Chalice is also Charlie Young, a male college student, who, unbeknown to his family, is beginning to transition to female.
7 I am appalled that children can mount up debts unbeknown to their parents.
让我深感震惊的是,孩子们竟会背着父母欠债累累。
8 She enters the home and, through a series of thrilling reveals, enters a hidden basement where her husband has been living unbeknown to everyone else.
9 Mark’s home life is not without drama; unbeknown to him, since he has no memory of the office, Harmony lives next door, surveilling him in the guise of a dotty neighbor.
10 Later it would be revealed that, unbeknown to many of the participants, the CIA had been the original funder of the Makerere conference in an effort to influence the eventual decolonisation of east Africa.
11 For example, white sky gods figure prominently in the local eschatology, and unbeknown to the Americans, tribal leaders greet their arrival as a prophecy fulfilled.
12 So did Mr. Lowe, but unbeknown to each of them, they kept moving in the same direction.
13 And then, unbeknown to me, it automatically selects everyone.”
14 unbeknownst to me, my mother was planning a party
15 She had Dom’s baby, unbeknown to him, and was killed by Cipher shortly after revealing the news to him in “The Fate of the Furious.”
16 He did it unbeknown to us.
他瞒着我们做了那事.
17 I was 16 years younger than she was, with a baby daughter and a marriage that unbeknown to me was about to implode.
18 In fact, to finance her extravagant lifestyle, unbeknown to her husband she got into debt with loan sharks.
19 Eruption takes readers on a thrilling journey through Hawaii's biggest island, which, unbeknown to its residents, hides dangerous military secrets dating back decades.
20 His past is ancient and unbeknown just like his true power.
他的过去古老而不为人知,就如同他的真实力量一般。
1 背着
2 未被知晓的
3 不知道的
4 未知
5 不为人知的
6 未知的