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/ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪdli/
Surprising, because you did not expect it or did not know it was going to happen. It can be something good or something that causes trouble.
出乎意料的；意外的
比較級 more unexpected最高級 most unexpected
核心畫面
One way to hold it: to 'expect' something is to have already made room for it — you have a picture in your head of what is coming, and life just walks into that picture. 'Unexpected' is what arrives when no room was made. It comes in through a door you were not watching. Notice the word says nothing about good or bad — an unexpected gift and an unexpected bill are equally unexpected. The whole meaning sits in the gap between the picture you had and what actually showed up.
expect 是「事先已經挪好位子」——你腦中已經有一張「接下來會怎樣」的圖，事情發生時剛好走進那張圖裡。unexp…更多收起
expect 是「事先已經挪好位子」——你腦中已經有一張「接下來會怎樣」的圖，事情發生時剛好走進那張圖裡。unexpected 就是沒有挪位子的那種到來：它從一扇你沒在看的門走進來，你心裡沒有它的格子。要注意的是，這個字本身完全不管好壞——意外收到的禮物和意外收到的帳單，一樣都是 unexpected。它整個意思就住在「你原本以為的」和「實際出現的」之間那道落差裡。原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
unexpectedlyadv/ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/
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In an unexpected manner.
- Near-synonyms: against expectations, against all odds, surprisingly
- […] she was startled by unexpectedly meeting her husband, who was coming to seek her.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。