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unasked

/uhn-askt, -ahskt/US // ʌnˈæskt, -ˈɑskt //UK // (ʌnˈɑːskt) //

无人问津,无人问津的,未问世的,未问世

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not asked: an unasked question.
    • : not asked for: unasked advice.
    • : uninvited.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.voluntary

Examples

  • Left unanswered and frequently unasked are the complicated questions of what alternatives were available, and how or whether they might have played out more effectively.

  • You saw The Washington Post—unasked—return the Pulitzer Prize.

  • That is a far more interesting question and, in this instance, it was also a more relevant question, but it went unasked.

  • As is our tragic pattern, almost all these tough questions are unasked and unhonored.

  • Rice also volunteered the answer to the unasked question about whether she was still single because she worked so hard.

  • How unutterably glad and thankful she was in all her life afterward that she gave that kiss unasked.

  • It is always pleasant to do on entreaty what we might be driven to do unasked.

  • Unasked, the Imp sketched the dinner party, especially Harry's share in it.

  • Larmer made a brief but keen inspection, and then walked into the trader's room and, unasked, sat down.

  • If you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchmen.