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单词 unwonted
释义

unwonted

/ʌnˈwəʊntɪd /
adjective [attributive]
Unaccustomed or unusual: there was an unwonted gaiety in her manner...
  • The stark fact that significant portions of our planet are under the supervision of exceptionally stupid and ill-informed people is provoking unwonted expressions of anger and alarm.
  • Seeking to ‘understand’ so-called ‘problems’ is often not kindness, but rather unwonted indulgence: it is a special kind of cruelty that means people no longer attempt to better their behaviour.
  • The British scholar complained recently in a New York Times Op-Ed that the United States simply has too much unwonted power and needs a counterweight - a stronger Europe.

Synonyms

unusual, uncommon, unaccustomed, uncustomary, unfamiliar, unprecedented, atypical, untypical, abnormal, strange, peculiar, curious, out of the way, irregular, anomalous, exceptional, extraordinary, special, remarkable, singular, rare, surprising

Derivatives

unwontedly

adverb
[as submodifier]: she was unwontedly shy and subdued...
  • He looked up at last, his eyes unwontedly serious in the twilight.
  • The town of Slough in Buckinghamshire, for instance, became a focus for much industrial activity in the thirties - while its architectural horrors became the target for the unwontedly bitter satire of John Betjeman.
  • Perhaps if he hadn't looked so unwontedly silly, then he would have been able to keep it down, but instead he snorted.

unwontedness

noun ...
  • Fear, inferiority, unwontedness, and uncertain futures was the state in which the Assyrians lived constantly.
  • We were all - even Claydon - ready to concede that her unwontedness was in some degree a matter of environment.
  • His unwontedness was in some degree a matter of environment.
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