"unawares," 1936, American English, from off (adv.) + base (n.); a figurative extension from baseball sense of "not in the right position" (1898), from notion of a baserunner being picked off while taking a lead.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. I feel it's done me good to get it off my chest.
我感覺(jué)吐吐苦水對(duì)我有好處。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Their first car rolls off the production line on December 16.
他們的第一輛車于12月16日下線。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.