unintentionally
unintentionally — 副詞
1. If you do something unintentionally, you do it without meaning to, and it often
無意地
非刻意地；不小心地
If you do something unintentionally, you do it without meaning to, and it often happens by accident or as a mistake.
Jude unintentionally offended his aunt by forgetting her birthday.
Jude 無意間忘記阿姨的生日，因此得罪了她。
unintentionally + verb of social error
The librarian had unintentionally left the manuscript on a sunny windowsill.
圖書館員無意間把那份手稿留在陽光照得到的窗臺上。
past perfect + unintentionally + past participle
Valentina unintentionally caused a loud crash when she knocked over the display.
Valentina 不小心撞倒了展示架，發出一聲巨響。
Several guests were unintentionally given the wrong coats at the end of the party.
有幾位客人在派對結束時被無意間拿錯了外套。
Quan smiled when he realized his joke had unintentionally cheered up the whole room.
Quan 笑了，他發現自己的笑話無意間讓整間屋子的人都開心了起來。
- accidentally
more general; used for any unplanned event, not only social or emotional ones
- inadvertently
more formal; implies lack of attention rather than accident
- unwittingly
suggests someone did not know the full situation or consequence
- intentionally
with clear purpose or plan
- deliberately
done on purpose, often after thought
- knowingly
with full awareness of what one is doing
文法句型
unintentionally + [verb]
be + unintentionally + [past participle]
用法筆記
Frequently appears before the main verb (Jude unintentionally offended…) or after a form of 'be' (was unintentionally given…). Common with verbs describing social mistakes, accidents, or unintended emotional effects.
常見錯誤
unintentionally — 形容詞
- unintentionallypositive
- more unintentionallycomparative
- most unintentionallysuperlative
1. not done on purpose or as part of a plan; happening without being meant to happe
無意的
非刻意或計劃的；意外的
not done on purpose or as part of a plan; happening without being meant to happen
Paul apologized for the unintentional mistake and corrected the form immediately.
Paul 為那個無意的錯誤道歉，並立刻修正了表格。
unintentional + mistake
Mira's unintentional silence made her friends worry that something was wrong.
Mira 無意的沉默讓朋友們擔心是不是出了什麼事。
unintentional + silence
The waiter made an unintentional error when he wrote down our order.
服務生在寫我們的點單時犯了一個無意的錯誤。
Yumi's unintentional comment about the haircut embarrassed everyone at the table.
Yumi 對那個髮型無意的評論讓在座每個人都很尷尬。
The scratch on the fence was unintentional, so we shared the repair cost.
圍籬上的刮痕不是故意的，所以我們平分了修理費。
- accidental
more common in everyday speech; emphasizes chance rather than lack of intention
- inadvertent
more formal; describes something done without enough attention
- unwitting
suggests someone lacked full knowledge of what they were doing
- intentional
done on purpose
- deliberate
carefully thought out and carried out
- planned
arranged or decided beforehand
文法句型
unintentional + [noun]
be + unintentional
用法筆記
Often pairs with nouns that describe results, speech, or harm: mistake, error, consequence, comment, insult, damage, omission, silence. Can be used both before a noun (attributive) and after be (predicative).