oblivious

adjective
🔊/əˈblɪviəs/
🔊/əˈblɪviəs/
[not usually before noun]
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  1. not aware of something不知道;未注意;未察觉
    • oblivious (of something) He drove off, oblivious of the damage he had caused.他驾车而去,没有注意到他所造成的损害。🔊🔊
    • oblivious (to something) You eventually become oblivious to the noise.你终究会变得不在意吵闹声的。🔊🔊
    • The couple seemed oblivious to what was going on around them.这对夫妇似乎没有理会周围发生的一切。
    Extra Examples
    • Lydia seemed oblivious, lost in her own thoughts.莉迪亚(Lydia)似乎忘却了,迷失了自己的思想。
    • He seemed oblivious to the fact that his wife was on the edge of a nervous breakdown.他妻子到了精神崩溃的边缘,对此他似乎一点儿都未察觉。
    • His own arrogance made him oblivious to the criticisms of others.他的傲慢使他全然不顾忌别人的批评。
    • This government is totally oblivious to the need for international cooperation.本届政府完全没有进行国际合作的需要。
    • She seemed almost oblivious to the crowds of reporters.她似乎并不怎么在意大批记者的存在。
    • He was totally oblivious of her feelings.他对她的感情浑然不觉。
    • They crept across the courtyard, oblivious of being watched.他们悄悄地穿过院子,没有被监视。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • seem
    adverb
    • completely
    • quite
    • totally
    preposition
    • of
    • to
    phrases
    • oblivious to the fact that…
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin obliviosus, from oblivio(n-), from oblivisci ‘forget’.