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单词 unprecedented
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Definition of unprecedented in English:

unprecedented

adjective ʌnˈprɛsɪdɛntɪdˌənˈprɛsədən(t)əd
  • Never done or known before.

    无先例的;前所未闻的

    the government took the unprecedented step of releasing confidential correspondence

    政府采取了公开机密通信这一史无前例的措施。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In a very rare, but not unprecedented move, the US Patent Office has nullified a contentious technology patent.
    • Interestingly, Dean protected, to a nearly unprecedented degree, his and his family's privacy from media inquiry.
    • One social characteristic was the unique and unprecedented rise in real earnings and incomes.
    • It was underpinned by a level of social consensus unprecedented since before the Reformation.
    • The almost unprecedented move would have brought a smile to your million-dollar mug right about now.
    • But George W. Bush " unsigned " the treaty on May 6, 2002, in a historically unprecedented move.
    • Now two victims have taken the unprecedented step of suing the Vatican itself.
    • The mixed economy boomed, bringing unprecedented prosperity to the middle and working classes.
    • We put together an unprecedented ground operation, but it was matched by the zealots on the right.
    • The celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the event have been unprecedented in scope.
    • "Debt is at historically unprecedented levels, " according to the Office for National Statistics.
    • The catastrophe that made all of that a distant memory was equally unprecedented in the history of mankind.
    • We're in a time of almost unprecedented prosperity and peace.
    • Secondly they provided a conduit through which investment on a hitherto unprecedented scale could be mobilized.
    • Despite its budget and nearly unprecedented number of release prints, Ginger Snaps feels like a very collaborative effort.
    • Yet he is happy to admit that the man who inherited his job has guided the Giants to unprecedented levels of success.
    • For a company of this size, it was a virtually unprecedented single day drop.
    • Since it was unique and unprecedented the coin was dismissed as a modern hoax.
    • "This gives you virtually unprecedented control over movies, " Aho said.
    Synonyms
    unparalleled, unequalled, unmatched, unrivalled, without parallel, without equal
    extraordinary, uncommon, out of the ordinary, unusual, outstanding, striking, exceptional, prodigious, abnormal, singular, remarkable, unique, anomalous, atypical, untypical, freakish
    unheard of, unknown, novel, original, new, groundbreaking, revolutionary, pioneering
    informal one of a kind
    rare unexampled

Derivatives

  • unprecedentedly

  • adverb ʌnˈprɛsɪdɛntɪdliˌənˈprɛsəd(ə)n(t)ədli
    • as submodifier a period of unprecedentedly high prices
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Though his first Wal-Marts were chaotic, with goods piled high on tables, the stores charged unprecedentedly low prices, and crowds flocked to them, some traveling hundreds of miles to shop.
      • The Shanghai government has given the IC business community a strong boost, through an unprecedentedly strong package of incentives that offers trade rebates, tax holidays and low-interest loans.
      • The subsidies they received from the Chinese state did not exceed WTO dictates, but were enough for them to buy grain from peasants at unprecedentedly low prices and then sell it at a handsome profit on the international market.
      • You had the massacre in Nepal, again an unprecedentedly dramatic story, you had the Vajpayee-Musharraf summit which saw the media lose its perspective, and from the South you had all that whipped up drama over the Karunanidhi arrest.
      • At first his term of office was for five years, which was later extended to ten, an unprecedentedly long period.

Definition of unprecedented in US English:

unprecedented

adjectiveˌənˈpresədən(t)ədˌənˈprɛsədən(t)əd
  • Never done or known before.

    无先例的;前所未闻的

    the government took the unprecedented step of releasing confidential correspondence

    政府采取了公开机密通信这一史无前例的措施。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Despite its budget and nearly unprecedented number of release prints, Ginger Snaps feels like a very collaborative effort.
    • Since it was unique and unprecedented the coin was dismissed as a modern hoax.
    • "Debt is at historically unprecedented levels, " according to the Office for National Statistics.
    • The mixed economy boomed, bringing unprecedented prosperity to the middle and working classes.
    • We put together an unprecedented ground operation, but it was matched by the zealots on the right.
    • "This gives you virtually unprecedented control over movies, " Aho said.
    • Now two victims have taken the unprecedented step of suing the Vatican itself.
    • The celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the event have been unprecedented in scope.
    • The almost unprecedented move would have brought a smile to your million-dollar mug right about now.
    • The catastrophe that made all of that a distant memory was equally unprecedented in the history of mankind.
    • In a very rare, but not unprecedented move, the US Patent Office has nullified a contentious technology patent.
    • But George W. Bush " unsigned " the treaty on May 6, 2002, in a historically unprecedented move.
    • We're in a time of almost unprecedented prosperity and peace.
    • Secondly they provided a conduit through which investment on a hitherto unprecedented scale could be mobilized.
    • For a company of this size, it was a virtually unprecedented single day drop.
    • One social characteristic was the unique and unprecedented rise in real earnings and incomes.
    • Interestingly, Dean protected, to a nearly unprecedented degree, his and his family's privacy from media inquiry.
    • Yet he is happy to admit that the man who inherited his job has guided the Giants to unprecedented levels of success.
    • It was underpinned by a level of social consensus unprecedented since before the Reformation.
    Synonyms
    unparalleled, unequalled, unmatched, unrivalled, without parallel, without equal
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