unknown

英 [?n'n??n] 美[,?n'non]
  • adj. 未知的；陌生的，默默無(wú)聞的
  • n. 未知數(shù)；未知的事物，默默無(wú)聞的人
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詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?unknowns;

英文詞源

unknown (adj.)
c. 1300, "strange, unfamiliar" (of persons, places), from un- (1) "not" + past participle of know (v.). Compare Old English ungecnawen. In reference to facts, "not discovered or found out," it attested from early 14c. The noun meaning "unknown person" is recorded from 1590s; the unknown "that which is unknown" is from 1650s.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. The best thing to do when entering unknown territory is smile.
踏入未知地帶最好的對(duì)策就是微笑。

來(lái)自美劇《凱莉日記》

2. It is not unknown for valuable display items to go, ahem, missing.
貴重的展品，呃哼，丟失的話，會(huì)眾人皆知。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. The contract was awarded to a previously unknown company.
合同簽給了一個(gè)之前并不知名的公司。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. Ignorance of people brings fear, fear of the unknown.
人們的無(wú)知會(huì)帶來(lái)恐懼，對(duì)未知事物的恐懼。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. Unknown thieves had forced their way into the apartment.
不知名的竊賊破門闖入了公寓。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句