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Involuntarily Deep 英 ɪn'vɒləntrəli] 美 ɪn'vɒləntrəli Adv.不知不觉地;无意识地 Unconsciously Sat

英语单词 involuntarily
英美音标 英 [ɪn'vɒləntrəli] 美 [ɪn'vɒləntrəli]
中文释义 adv.不知不觉地;无意识地
英语例句 (1) She unconsciously sat up, smoothed her hair, stood up, and walked to the window, involuntarily drawing a deep breath of the refreshing coolness of the clear, windy evening.
中文例句 (1) 她毫无意识地坐起来,整理了一下头发,站起来走到窗前,晚风送来清凉新鲜的空气,她不由得深深地吸了一口。
vocabulary简明 When you do something involuntarily, you do it despite not wanting to. You might involuntarily start to giggle during your cousin's Star Wars-themed wedding ceremony.
vocabulary扩展 Use the adverb involuntarily to describe things that are done against your will or without your control. You'll involuntarily take a swim if your brother pushes you in the deep end of a pool; when you have a twitch in your eye, you blink involuntarily. In either case, the word involuntarily combines the Latin prefix in, "not or opposite of" with voluntarius, "of one's free will."

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