| 释义 |
unexˈpectedly, adv.
(un-1 11, 5 b; cf. prec.)
1605Drayton Idea li, Calling to mind..How things still unexpectedly have run, As it please the Fates. 1693Dryden Juvenal (1697) p. xxii, A most Bountiful Present, which..came most seasonably and unexpectedly to my Relief. 1774Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1772, 283 A seat beautifully wooded, gracing most unexpectedly this almost treeless tract. 1825Scott Talism. xxiii, Engaged in subduing the angry feelings which had been so unexpectedly awakened. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 220 We found ourselves close to the beach.., on which we unexpectedly emerged.
b. With adjs. or advs.
1818Scott Rob Roy xxvi, We took a kind farewell of this unexpectedly zealous friend. 1850Mrs. Carlyle Lett. (1883) II. 123 She arrived yesterday unexpectedly early. 1877A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xviii, Rejoicing that we had..a fresh fair wind, so unexpectedly soon. |