单词 | unscathed |
释义 | unscathed (once / 4148 pages) adj If you walked away from a nasty bike accident without a scratch, you walked away unscathed, meaning you came out unharmed. You can also come through a scandal unscathed, with your reputation untarnished, or your dog-walking business may emerge from the financial crisis unscathed and more profitable than ever. With the word unscathed, there's always a sense of something bad that might have happened but didn't. WORD FAMILYscathe: scathes, scathing, unscathed+/scathing: scathingly USAGE EXAMPLES“For them,” Mr. Barak said, “Netanyahu emerges from this unscathed, as the lone wolf in a lion’s den of hatred.” New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) Blake Griffin missed the Clippers’ win over the Pelicans on Saturday with knee soreness, and did not leave the game unscathed Monday. Los Angeles Times(Dec 13, 2016) That area, in additional to essentially all of downtown Gatlinburg, emerged unscathed from the fires, which damaged or destroyed more than 2,400 buildings. Seattle Times(Dec 10, 2016) adj not injured Syn unharmed, unhurt, whole uninjured not injured physically or mentally |
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