1take/catch somebody unawaresEXPECTif something takes you unawares, it happens when you are not expecting it and are not prepared 让某人措手不及
The question caught me completely unawares.
那个问题问得我措手不及。
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take/catch somebody unawares• I was caught unawares by his kiss.
2formalNOTICE without noticing 不知不觉地;无意中
We had walked unawares over the border.
我们无意中越过了边界。
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unawares• Tommy and Don stood in the corner, chattingunawares.• Perhaps Chapel had provenharder to catchunawares.• The thought caught him unawares, and despair filled him.• And when it does, as it always does, we are caught unawares and unprepared.• But this morning she caught me unawares before I'd had a singlecup of coffee.• This ladbehaved every way as a man would who had happened unawares on murder.