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单词 unwitting
释义
unwitting
adjective[before noun]
formal
uk
/ʌnˈwɪt.ɪŋ/us
/ʌnˈwɪt̬.ɪŋ/
withoutknowingorplanning:
不知情的；无意的
The two womenclaimedthey were the unwittingvictimsof adrugdealerwhoplantedalargequantityofheroinintheirluggage.这两个妇女声称是一个毒贩在她们不知情的情况下把大量的海洛因放进了她们的行李。
Synonym
unknowingliterary
Opposites
conscious(NOTICING)
witting
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not expected or planned
  • abruptly
  • abruptness
  • ad hoc
  • ad hocism
  • ad hockery
  • extemporize
  • hoof
  • inconceivably
  • innocent
  • innocently
  • instinctive
  • instinctively
  • sine die
  • spirit
  • spontaneity
  • spontaneous
  • spontaneously
  • unannounced
  • untoward
  • unwittingly
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unwittingly
(Definition ofunwittingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unwitting| American Dictionary

unwitting
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ʌnˈwɪt̬·ɪŋ/
withoutknowingorplanning:
Theharmfulradiationtestswereperformedlongago on unwittingsubjects.

unwittingly

adverb[not gradable]us
/ʌnˈwɪt̬·ɪŋ·li/
(Definition ofunwittingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunwitting

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A "willing suspension of disbelief" is not the same thing, however, as anunwittingloss of all sense of reality.
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Consequently, the journal is made anunwittingaccomplice to denial.
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Calidore, the supposed representative of courtesy has actually been theunwittingagent who makes its manifestation disappear.
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Unwittingutilization of these differences almost certainly accounts for their skill in judging colours where they do not see any differences in hue.
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Even if the assumptions areunwittingor unconscious and have been around as long as the scenery, they are still potent.
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I strongly suspect he knowingly sold a number of these fantastic creations tounwittingmuseums and collectors.
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Many astrobiologists are either witting orunwittingbiological determinists.
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The only real problem with this analysis is that it assumes that this is anunwittingdecision by the individuals involved.
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The notion of offence can include"unwitting" offences such as motor accidents in which no one is to blame.
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If evenunwittingor coerced harborers are the enemy, then the diseased are enemies in the war against disease.
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In the worst case, it might involve theunwittingexposition of an environmentally or functionally determinist analytical viewpoint of a type which has largely been rejected by the archaeological community.
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Myunwittingcomment about her feet brought back the painful memory of the destruction of her self-image but also implicitly gave her "permission" to pursue having children.
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Nonetheless, this misunderstanding was an indirect andunwittingtribute to his talent, for both are powerful novels dramatizing such lifelike protagonists that the message gets lost.
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In this sense, they wereunwittingpioneers.
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In other words, parents and by implication elders are the inevitable andunwittingvillains of the peace, a position that would legitimise negative feelings toward preceding generations.
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