TYPICALnot typical of someone or something and therefore surprising 不典型的,不代表〔某人或某物的〕特性的
uncharacteristic of
It’s uncharacteristic of her to be late.
迟到可不是她的作风。
—uncharacteristically /-kli/adverbadv
He was uncharacteristically quiet.
他异乎寻常地安静。
Examples from the Corpus
uncharacteristic• Whatever it was, it was uncharacteristic.• It was summer and despite the uncharacteristicchill in the air, the tourists were swarming the beaches.• It was summer and despite the uncharacteristic chill in the air, the tourists were swarming the beaches.• Not only is he facing an uncertainfuture, he is being forced to behave in an uncharacteristicfashion every day.• For a couple of minutes she gave in to another uncharacteristicfit of temper.• With uncharacteristicmodesty, Will explained his contribution to the development of the filmmedium.• It was just that it was so uncharacteristic of her.• Was the news of financialreversal enough to explain his uncharacteristicoutburst?• But there was a brief and uncharacteristicpause before he continued.• When the polls closed on election night, Democraticheadquarters had an uncharacteristictension.
uncharacteristic of• It's uncharacteristic of Margaret to get so angry.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, seem不典型;顯得不典型ADVERB➤very很不典型▸➤completely, quite, totally完全不體現特徵;很不典型▸➤rather相當不典型PREPOSITION➤of沒有⋯的典型特徵◇The houses were totally uncharacteristic of the area.這些房子完全沒有體現這個地區的特點。