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.
双语例句
1. He was the unknowing cause of all the misunderstanding.
他无意中引起了这一切误会。
来自《权威词典》
2. Some governments have been victims and perhaps unknowing accomplices in the bank's activities.
一些政府成为了银行活动的受害者，而且可能在不知不觉中做了其帮凶。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Longing for full knowledge, one must chart route through the murk of unknowing.
有时由于渴望取得全面了解, 还必须在一片无知的混沌之中开出一条路子来.
来自辞典例句
4. The amorists flutter here and there on the spring breezes, unknowing where they go, uncaring.
情人们成双地乘着春风四处飘翔, 他们不知去向何方, 也毫不将此放在心上.
来自辞典例句
5. An evil dwarf sells faulty goods and weapons to unknowing adventurers.
