2NOT HAVEused to say that a particular thing has not happened when someone does something 〔某事〕在沒有…的情況下〔發生〕
Suddenly and without any warning, the army opened fire.
沒有任何警告,軍隊突然開火了。
He had gone out without his parents’ permission.
他未經父母同意便出去了。
I accepted his offer without a moment’s hesitation.
我毫不猶豫地接受了他的提議。
I got to my destination without too much difficulty.
我沒費太大周折就到達了目的地。
without doing something
‘What do you expect?’ he said, without looking at her.
“你指望什麽呢?”他看也不看她說道。
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).
本連一個謝字都沒說,轉身就回到了辦公室。
3not feeling or showing that you feel a particular emotion 沒有,不帶〔某種感情〕
He told his story without anger or bitterness.
他講述了自己的故事,沒有怒氣,也沒有怨恨。
4NOT HAVEALONEnot being with someone, or not having them to help you, especially someone you like or need 無,沒有〔人相伴或給予幫助〕
I don’t know what I’d do without you.
我不知道沒有你我該怎麽辦。
Won’t you be lonely without her?
沒有她你不會寂寞嗎?
The rest of the group set off without him.
隊裏的其他人出發了,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/不願意做某事〔用於批評、投訴或其他陳述之前,使語氣委婉〕
Without wanting to sound too boastful, I think we have the best television programmes in the world.
我並不是想吹噓,我確實覺得我們有世界上最精彩的電視節目。
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.