unprovoked

[US]/ˌʌnprəˈvəʊkt/
[UK]/ˌʌnprəˈvoʊkt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. (尤指暴力言行)未受招惹而自發的,無緣無故的

Phrases & Collocations

unprovoked attack

無端攻擊

Example Sentences

a totally unprovoked attack

無端攻擊

acts of unprovoked aggression.

無緣無故的侵略行徑。

the unprovoked shooting of civilians by soldiers.

士兵無緣無故地射擊平民。

Real-world Examples

Captain Bill Urban, a spokesman for the U.S. Central Command, called the incident an unprovoked attack.

美國中央司令部發言人比爾·厄本上尉稱該事件爲" 無端襲擊。"

Source: VOA Special June 2019 Collection

President Muhammadu Buhari described the attack on Sheikh Goni Aisami as an unprovoked and cold-blooded murder.

總統穆罕默杜·布哈里稱,對謝赫·戈尼·艾薩米的襲擊事件是無端和冷血的謀殺。

Source: BBC Listening Collection August 2022

There have been around 70 to 80 unprovoked shark bites yearly, worldwide, over the past 10 years.

在過去的10年裏,全世界每年大約有70到80起鯊魚無端咬人事件。

Source: VOA Special June 2023 Collection

The state of Florida led the world last year with 16 unprovoked bites, the shark attack file said.

國際鯊魚攻擊檔案稱,佛羅里達州去年發生了16起無端咬人事件,位居世界首位。

Source: VOA Special June 2023 Collection

It was a surprise assault from the air, what President Franklin D. Roosevelt described as an unprovoked and dastardly attack.

這是一次空中突襲,富蘭克林·D·羅斯福總統稱之爲“一次無端的、卑鄙的偷襲”。

Source: CNN 10 Student English December 2021 Collection

Unprovoked displays of aggression cannot be tolerated.

【display】無緣無故的挑釁行爲是讓人無法忍受的。

Source: Langman OCLM-01 words

Why would ben just come and hit you unprovoked?

本爲什麼會來無緣無故地打你啊?

Source: Gossip Girl Season 4

Eye-witness accounts told of the unprovoked shooting of civilians.

【account】目擊者講到平民無故被槍擊。

Source: Langman OCLM-01 words

Others claimed that Jesse and his fellow guerrillas launched an unprovoked attack on the soldiers.

還有人聲稱,傑西和他的游擊隊同伴對士兵們發動了無端攻擊。

Source: Charming history

Israel's unprovoked attack on the flotillas supplying aid to Gaza.

以色列無故襲擊加沙救援船隊。

Source: The Good Wife Season 2

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