unknown
adjective /ˌʌnˈnəʊn/
/ˌʌnˈnəʊn/
Idioms - not known or identified
未知的；不详的；未被确认的 - A previously unknown group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
一个以前不为人知的团体声称对爆炸事件负责。 - He was trying, for some unknown reason, to count the stars.
不知何故，他试图数星星。 - The man's identity remains unknown.
这名男子的身份还是个谜。 - An unknown number of civilians were killed or injured in the attack.
袭击中有数量不明的平民伤亡。 - patients suffering from fevers of unknown origin
不明原因发烧的病人 - unknown to somebody/something a species of insect hitherto unknown to science
一种科学上迄今未知的昆虫
- His whereabouts were quite unknown during this period.
这一时期他几乎是下落不明。 - She departed for parts unknown (= nobody knew where she was going).
她离开了，不知去了什么地方。 - These sites remain largely unknown to the British public.
这些场所基本上一直不为英国公众所知。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- completely
- entirely
- quite
- …
- to
- for parts unknown
- to parts unknown
- for reasons unknown
- …
- A previously unknown group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
- (of people
人 不出名的；无名的 - She was then still relatively unknown.
她那时候还不怎么出名。 - The author is virtually unknown outside Poland.
在波兰以外，这位作者实际上鲜为人知。 - a film with a largely unknown cast
演员阵容鲜为人知的电影 - an unknown actor
没有名气的演员
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- completely
- entirely
- quite
- …
- to
- for parts unknown
- to parts unknown
- for reasons unknown
- …
- She was then still relatively unknown.
- never happening or existing
从未发生的；从不存在的 - unknown in… The disease is as yet unknown in Europe (= there have been no cases there).
这种疾病至今尚未在欧洲出现过。 - it is unknown for somebody/something to do something It was not unknown for people to have to wait several hours (= it happened sometimes).
人们得等几个小时的事时有发生。 - It is virtually unknown for foxes to attack anyone.
狐狸袭击任何人几乎是未知的。 - a period of democratic development unknown in their country until now
一段民主发展的时期，在他们的国家里至今还不为人所知
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- completely
- entirely
- quite
- …
- to
- for parts unknown
- to parts unknown
- for reasons unknown
- …
- unknown in… The disease is as yet unknown in Europe (= there have been no cases there).
Idioms
an unknown quantity
- a person or thing whose qualities or abilities are not yet known
未知数（指尚不清楚，有待证实的人或事物）
unknown to somebody
- without the person mentioned being aware of it
…尚不知道；把…蒙在鼓里 - Unknown to me, he had already signed the agreement.
他背着我已签了协议。
- Unknown to me, he had already signed the agreement.