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单词 unexpected
释义
unexpected
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adj

Use the adjective unexpected to describe something that takes you by surprise. An unexpected knock on your front door might make you jump.
When you don't anticipate something, and have no clue that it's coming, you can call it unexpected. A successful surprise party is always unexpected, and an unexpected visitor can be exciting or inconvenient, depending on who it is. If you expect an event, you know it's going to occur, but if it's unexpected, it seems to come from nowhere. The Latin root is expectare, "await, look out for, desire, or hope."
WORD FAMILY
unexpected: unexpecteder, unexpectedly, unexpectedness+/expect: expectable, expectant, expectation, expected, expecting, expects/expectable: expectably/expectancy: expectancies/expectant: expectancy, expectantly/expectation: expectations/expected: expectedly, expectedness, unexpected
USAGE EXAMPLES
After their unexpected success in November's elections, Republicans will control both houses in the new session of the US Congress.
BBC(Jan 03, 2017)
A path determined by these resolutions may lead to unexpected places, maybe not to a sty, but perhaps to a stable and a star.
Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)
“Expect the unexpected,” said Sabine Kaiser, founder of SKadvisory, which advises family offices on venture capital and private equity.
Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)
adj not expected or anticipated
unexpected guests
unexpected news
Syn|Ant
unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted
without warning or announcement
out of the blue, unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for
not anticipated
unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of
so unexpected as to have not been imagined
unprovided for
not prepared or ready for
upset
used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
surprising
causing surprise or wonder or amazement
expected
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
anticipated, awaited, hoped-for
expected hopefully
due
scheduled to arrive
expectable
to be expected
matter-of-course
expected or depended upon as a natural or logical outcome
unsurprising
not causing surprise
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