unbeknown

英 [ˌʌnbɪ'nəʊn] 美 [ˌʌnbɪ'noʊn]

• adj. 未知的；不为人知的

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. <口>未知的
2. 不为…所知的
3. 不得而知的
4. 不为人知的
5. 瞒着的
6. 背着的

adv. 副词

1. 瞒着地

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He went there unbeknown to me.
   他瞒着我到那里去的。
2. Unbeknown to his parents, he had not been to school for a week.
   他瞒著父母一个星期没去学校了。
3. 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。

经典引文

• Unbeknown to Peter, part of the financial arrangements proved to be unsoundly based.

  出自： C. Warwick

近反义词

【近义词】

• unbeknownst 未知的