单词 | unexpected |
释义 | unexpected (once / 166 pages) 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 FAMILYunexpected: unexpecteder, unexpectedly, unexpectedness+/expect: expectable, expectant, expectation, expected, expecting, expects/expectable: expectably/expectancy: expectancies/expectant: expectancy, expectantly/expectation: expectations/expected: expectedly, expectedness, unexpected USAGE EXAMPLESAfter 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-fornot anticipated unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-ofso unexpected as to have not been imagined unprovided fornot prepared or ready for upsetused of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win surprisingcausing surprise or wonder or amazement expected considered likely or probable to happen or arrive anticipated, awaited, hoped-forexpected hopefully duescheduled to arrive expectableto be expected matter-of-courseexpected or depended upon as a natural or logical outcome unsurprisingnot causing surprise |
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