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单词 oblivious
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Definition of oblivious in English:

oblivious

adjective əˈblɪvɪəsəˈblɪviəs
  • Not aware of or concerned about what is happening around one.

    she became absorbed, oblivious to the passage of time
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Meila was asleep and unconscious, oblivious to the days that had already happened.
    • This is also a favourite hang out for the local underage kids to smoke cigarettes out of the view of oblivious parents.
    • Unbelievably, they can walk among their victims, oblivious to their humanity.
    • He was very well paid by the corporation but was apparently quite oblivious of the mess into which his company was plunging.
    • As oblivious of stoplights as he was of pedestrians, he owned the streets.
    • He is even more taciturn when he drives, often appearing oblivious to any other presence.
    • Are commuters with glazed expressions dashing hither and thither oblivious to all around them?
    • Maybe I'm regularly subjected to it whilst I wind my merry oblivious way up and down the country.
    • It's amazing how you can be completely oblivious to something on your own doorstep.
    • The wonder is that most of the Cabinet seems supremely oblivious - or dismissive.
    • Blanche was oblivious as to what was taking place, but Anthony knew only too well.
    • The moment passes and my partner continues breathing deeply, oblivious to my little dialogue.
    • They seemed completely oblivious of the thousands of cars, buses and lorries thundering past.
    • In essence, and oblivious to the purists, the economics simply don't stack up.
    • His eyes were closed and he was completely oblivious to what was happening around him.
    • I was not young enough to be oblivious to what was going on and not old enough to know what to do about it.
    • As if I was somehow oblivious to the fact that he had to pick and dig and drill and scrape away at my tooth as it valiantly clung to my gums.
    • Our council seem impervious to criticism and oblivious to basic common sense.
    • She burst into tears, incredulous, a reaction to which Allen seemed oblivious.
    • This government is just as oblivious to the suffering of Bahamians as ever before.
    Synonyms
    unaware, unconscious, heedless, unmindful, insensible, unheeding, ignorant, blind, deaf, unsuspecting, unobservant, disregardful, unconcerned, impervious, unaffected, insensitive, indifferent, detached, removed
    rare incognizant

Derivatives

  • obliviously

  • adverb əˈblɪvɪəsliəˈblɪviəsli
    • Those on stage were the only people talking now, for the room was deathly silent except for those that recited their lines obliviously and pranced to and fro about the stage.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Cadona and her troop continued moving obliviously forward.
      • When she'd woken up, there'd only been Raven left, sleeping obliviously.
      • Without noticing, my mind focused on the three words that were crossed out near the center of the entry, and I closed the notebook obliviously, diverting my attention to the look on Mom's face.
      • Dinner was served a few hours later, and Rei seemed to be the only one that was obliviously happy.
  • obliviousness

  • noun əˈblɪvɪəsnəsəˈblɪviəsnəs
    • He has famously claimed to prefer country music over other pop genres, and numerous cultural critics have pointed out his blissful obliviousness toward the arts.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There's a perverse obliviousness to the fact that we equate our national security and welfare with foreign policy that deprives others of the liberties we supposedly cherish.
      • Chen also takes photos of his daughter, whose sunny, carefree smile betrays a complete obliviousness to her father's mental state and underscores the artist's own dark perspective on the world.
      • In fact the case is a perfect illustration of an utterly commonplace phenomenon: the mainstream media's obliviousness to its own liberal bias.
      • She lowered her voice as she spoke, obviously buying Mal's act of complete obliviousness, but when I kicked his foot he kicked mine straight back and squeezed my hand, and I knew he could hear her.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin obliviosus, from oblivio(n-) (see oblivion).

Rhymes

lascivious, niveous
 
 

Definition of oblivious in US English:

oblivious

adjectiveəˈblivēəsəˈblɪviəs
  • Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one.

    she became absorbed, oblivious to the passage of time
    the women were oblivious of his presence
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Unbelievably, they can walk among their victims, oblivious to their humanity.
    • He was very well paid by the corporation but was apparently quite oblivious of the mess into which his company was plunging.
    • In essence, and oblivious to the purists, the economics simply don't stack up.
    • He is even more taciturn when he drives, often appearing oblivious to any other presence.
    • They seemed completely oblivious of the thousands of cars, buses and lorries thundering past.
    • The moment passes and my partner continues breathing deeply, oblivious to my little dialogue.
    • I was not young enough to be oblivious to what was going on and not old enough to know what to do about it.
    • Meila was asleep and unconscious, oblivious to the days that had already happened.
    • His eyes were closed and he was completely oblivious to what was happening around him.
    • Our council seem impervious to criticism and oblivious to basic common sense.
    • The wonder is that most of the Cabinet seems supremely oblivious - or dismissive.
    • Maybe I'm regularly subjected to it whilst I wind my merry oblivious way up and down the country.
    • This government is just as oblivious to the suffering of Bahamians as ever before.
    • It's amazing how you can be completely oblivious to something on your own doorstep.
    • As oblivious of stoplights as he was of pedestrians, he owned the streets.
    • Are commuters with glazed expressions dashing hither and thither oblivious to all around them?
    • This is also a favourite hang out for the local underage kids to smoke cigarettes out of the view of oblivious parents.
    • Blanche was oblivious as to what was taking place, but Anthony knew only too well.
    • She burst into tears, incredulous, a reaction to which Allen seemed oblivious.
    • As if I was somehow oblivious to the fact that he had to pick and dig and drill and scrape away at my tooth as it valiantly clung to my gums.
    Synonyms
    unaware, unconscious, heedless, unmindful, insensible, unheeding, ignorant, blind, deaf, unsuspecting, unobservant, disregardful, unconcerned, impervious, unaffected, insensitive, indifferent, detached, removed

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin obliviosus, from oblivio(n-) (see oblivion).

 
 
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