2NOT HAVEused to say that a particular thing has not happened when someone does something 〔某事〕在没有…的情况下〔发生〕
Suddenly and without any warning, the army opened fire.
没有任何警告,军队突然开火了。
He had gone out without his parents’ permission.
他未经父母同意便出去了。
I accepted his offer without a moment’s hesitation.
我毫不犹豫地接受了他的提议。
I got to my destination without too much difficulty.
我没费太大周折就到达了目的地。
without doing something
‘What do you expect?’ he said, without looking at her.
“你指望什么呢?”他看也不看她说道。
Without so much as a word of thanks, Ben turned and went back into the office (=he did not even say thank you as he should have done).
本连一个谢字都没说,转身就回到了办公室。
3not feeling or showing that you feel a particular emotion 没有,不带〔某种感情〕
He told his story without anger or bitterness.
他讲述了自己的故事,没有怒气,也没有怨恨。
4NOT HAVEALONEnot being with someone, or not having them to help you, especially someone you like or need 无,没有〔人相伴或给予帮助〕
I don’t know what I’d do without you.
我不知道没有你我该怎么办。
Won’t you be lonely without her?
没有她你不会寂寞吗?
The rest of the group set off without him.
队里的其他人出发了,只留下他一人。
5without wanting/wishing to do somethingEMPHASIZEused before a criticism, complaint, or other statement to make it less strong 不想/不愿意做某事〔用于批评、投诉或其他陈述之前,使语气委婉〕
Without wanting to sound too boastful, I think we have the best television programmes in the world.
我并不是想吹嘘,我确实觉得我们有世界上最精彩的电视节目。
Examples from the Corpus
without wanting/wishing to do something• She sankdeep down again, unable to stay alert, and saw without wanting to a giant Catherine-wheel in the sky.• The expectation from government industrial ReD is one of reducingdependency on importswithout wanting toachieve self-sufficiency.• Without wishing to be demeaning, computer literacy and competence is not particularly high on the list of archival training.• Lying in bed, she thought of him without wanting tohurt him at all.• He had had enough experience of strangersprobing his own hurts without wanting topry into those of others.• Without wanting to, Rose was drawn to watch.• Without wishing toscare you unduly, you should be aware that sharks do lurk out there.• Without wishing totemptprovidence in any way, we appear to have got away lighting in so far as Winter is concerned.