inadvertently

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DELIBERATELYwithout realizing what you are doing 不经意地；非故意地 SYN accidentally OPP deliberately

Viruses can be spread inadvertently by email users.

病毒会被电子邮件用户无意中传播开来。

Robinson’s name was inadvertently omitted from the list.

鲁宾逊的名字被人无意之中从名单上漏掉了。

—inadvertent adjectiveadj

inadvertent exposure to chemicals

无意中接触化学品

—inadvertence noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

inadvertently• Of course it was Trondur who inadvertently cheered me up.• The problem was caused by a worker who inadvertently contaminated the coffee machine by cleaning it with a toxic substance.• The construction crew inadvertently cut through a telephone cable.• By the way, I really must correct a false impression that I inadvertently gave just now.• Strong repression of one emotion often succeeds inadvertently in suppressing the desire as well.• In creating one she has inadvertently made a move towards alternative methods of selling that could have great significance for organic farming.• This could inadvertently promote a simplistic zoning pattern in local authority policies.• In a panic, I inadvertently pushed the accelerator instead of the brake.• The Finance Minister inadvertently revealed budget secrets to reporters.• Some parenting patterns inadvertently support aggressive behavior in more subtle ways.• But inadvertently, through the inventions its findings make possible.

Origin inadvertently

(1600-1700) Latin advertens, present participle of advertere “to turn your mind to”

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