The form unbeknownst /ˌʌnbɪ'nəʊnst/ is also used. 亦使用 unbeknownst.
- PREP-PHRASE 在…不知情的情况下;瞒着…
If something happens unbeknown to you or unbeknownst to you, you do not know about it.
- I am appalled that children can mount up debts unbeknown to their parents...
让我深感震惊的是,孩子们竟会背着父母欠债累累。 - Unbeknownst to her father, she began taking dancing lessons.
她瞒着父亲开始去上舞蹈课。