c. 1300, "without knowledge, ignorant," from un- (1) "not" + present participle of know (v.). Noun meaning "ignorance" is mid-14c., especially in phrase cloud of unknowing, title of a medieval book of Christian mysticism. Related: Unknowingly. A verb unknow "fail to recognize" is attested from late 14c.
雙語例句
1. He was the unknowing cause of all the misunderstanding.
他無意中引起了這一切誤會。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. Some governments have been victims and perhaps unknowing accomplices in the bank's activities.
一些政府成為了銀行活動的受害者，而且可能在不知不覺中做了其幫兇。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Longing for full knowledge, one must chart route through the murk of unknowing.
有時由于渴望取得全面了解, 還必須在一片無知的混沌之中開出一條路子來.
來自辭典例句
4. The amorists flutter here and there on the spring breezes, unknowing where they go, uncaring.
情人們成雙地乘著春風(fēng)四處飄翔, 他們不知去向何方, 也毫不將此放在心上.
來自辭典例句
5. An evil dwarf sells faulty goods and weapons to unknowing adventurers.