| 单词 |
inexpected |
| 释义 |
† inexˈpected, a. Obs. [in-3. Cf. L. inexspectātus in same sense.] Not expected; unexpected, unlooked-for.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iv. (1622) 432 When Pyrocles..saw his friend Musidorus, with the noble Lady Pamela in that inexpected sort returned. 1628Bp. Hall Righteous Mammon Wks. 723 Inexpected fall of markets. 1651Howell Venice 127 Which strange and inexpected supply..bred an amazement. Hence † inexˈpectedly adv., unexpectedly; † inexˈpectedness.
1612Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xx. iv, How could it bee otherwise, when those great spirits of hers..finde themselves so inexpectedly suppressed. Ibid. xxi. vi, The inexpectednesse of pleasing objects makes men many times the more acceptable. 1645― Remedy Discontents 150 Comming inexpectedly to his Country-House. 1651Howell Venice 125 The Turks, passing by the Galeasses, were inexpectedly torn by their great shot. |

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