Unawares

(adv.) suddenly and unexpectedly; 'rain caught them unawares'; 'sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares'- A.Lincoln.

(adv.) without forethought or plan; inadvertently; 'came upon the diamond unawares'.

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• She recognised him; she greeted him, and yet she was flutteredsurprised, taken unawares. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It came out quite unawares, quite undesignedly. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• That storm, the First French Revolution, the indignation of the common man in Europe, took their system unawares. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She appeared to be cross-questioning me, attempting to draw from me information unawares. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Dorothea renewed the subject of the estate as they drove along, but Mr. Brooke, not being taken unawares, got the talk under his own control. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He had caught it unawares; many of the men were ashore and a council was being held in the flagship. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A letter came unawares, Perdita read it. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I can preserve myself from priests, and from churches; but love steals in unawares! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The Darwinian movement took formal Christianity unawares, suddenly. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I know just what I should say, for I've planned it all, so I needn't be taken unawares. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• You take me unawares, said he. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It takes me quite unawares. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• We had entertained an angel unawares, but we did not take her in. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• What he meant by slipping in this extraordinary question unawares, I was at a total loss to imagine. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• If so, she had indeed come to him unawares. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• A remark which takes a man unawares by means of his own coat is not an easy remark to answer. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• How soon may our own evil passions prove to be Oriental noblemen who pounce on us unawares! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He had come back then, unawares. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Full sure was I that Madame had missed--was come in search of me, and designed now to pounce on the defaulter unawares. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• In health she had never been accustomed to think aloud, but now words escaped her lips unawares. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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