unheard-of

adj.

1. 前所未闻的；空前的；很反常的
   that has never been known or done; very unusual
   1. He'd dyed his hair, which was almost unheard-of in the 1960s.
      他染了头发，这在20世纪60年代是罕见的事。
   2. It is almost unheard-of for a new band to be offered such a deal.
      一支新乐队得到这样的待遇，几乎是空前的。

1. Long lines of people had queued up to buy at the unheard-of rate of two bottles of rum for$ 3
   人们排起了长队，以空前的速度抢购3美元两瓶的朗姆酒。
2. We are developing our production at a speed unheard-of before.
   我们正以前所未闻的速度发展生产。
3. What he said is really an unheard-of fantastic story.
   他讲的真是千古奇闻。
4. It was forty-eight hours since he had seen Cosette; he was about to behold her once more; every other thought was effaced, and he felt only a profound and unheard-of joy.
   他已有四十八小时不曾和珂赛特见面，他即将看见她，任何其他的想法全消失了，他目前只有这一件空前深刻的称心事。
5. Since that time, he had made unheard-of efforts to find traces of him and to reach him in that dark abyss of misery in which Thenardier had disappeared.
   从那时起，他便作了空前的努力去寻访他的踪迹，想在那淹没德纳第的黑暗深渊里到达他的跟前。
6. She felt an unheard-of joy, and a profound anguish.
   她感到一种从未有过的快乐和一种深切的酸楚。
7. Dream jobs are made, not born& that is, it's almost unheard-of for a dream job to be posted on a company website or anywhere else.
   理想职业是创造的，而不是天生的，这就是说几乎没有听说过有哪个理想职业是公开在公司的网站或其他地方招聘的。
8. Since the Sixteenth National Congress, Chinese socialist cultural construction demonstrates an unheard-of level, thereby the social research on Chinese culture comes into vogue.
   党的“十六大”以来，我国社会主义先进文化建设呈现出前所未有的盛世局面，文化建设理论与实践的研究探索方兴未艾。
9. But this unexpected, unhoped-for, unheard-of fortune sufficed you no longer when you once possessed it.
   但当你获得了那笔意想不到的，闻所未闻的意外之财的时候，你又觉得不够了。
10. It's not unheard-of for athletic department staff to wake up athletes in the morning and to take them to class.
    体育系的员工早上叫醒队员并带他们去课堂，这也并非闻所未闻的事。
11. You've done deeds of unheard-of bravery.
    你已经做了空前勇敢的事。
12. As many Asian stock markets are hitting record levels, issuers of convertible bonds are raising funds at "unheard-of" conversion premiums, says one banker.
    一位银行家表示，随着许多亚洲股市达到创纪录水平，可转债发行企业正以“闻所未闻”的转换溢价筹集资金。
13. The signing of the almost unheard-of Portuguese striker stunned football, and Sir Alex has confirmed that the deal was struck largely due to the impulses of United's scouting network.
    签下一个没人听说过的葡萄牙射手让足球圈惊讶，弗格森爵士表扬了球队的球探网。
14. One could lie in wait on some high crag, and at hitherto unheard-of range hit a horseman far below.
    人们可以躺在等待一些高岩，并在迄今为止前所未闻的范围远远低于创下骑手。
15. Take Me as I Am went on to reach double platinum status, an unheard-of accomplishment for a debut by a female country singer.
    《爱我本色》再接再厉，创发行双白金的纪录，对一位乡村女歌手的处女作而言，这是前所未闻的成绩。
16. It was unheard-of for anyone to complain.
    从未听说过有人投诉的事。
17. A first novel by an unheard of writer; developments on an unheard-of scale.
    一个前所未闻的作家的处女作；以空前的规模发展。
18. It's unheard-of for him to apologize!
    他能道歉真是太阳打西边出来了。
19. Snow is quite unheard-of on this island.
    在这个岛上，雪是前所未闻的。
20. Radiation reached unheard-of levels.
    辐射作用已达到前所未有的程度。
21. Once an unheard-of event, it has now become a common occurrence.
    一个曾经前所未闻的事件，现在却已成为一个普遍的现象。
22. Political opposition was unheard-of before the revolution.
    在这场革命之前从未听说过政治对立。
23. First, since the recession was unusually deep and the recovery unusually slow, the US is experiencing unheard-of long-term unemployment rates.
    首先，由于衰退异乎寻常的严重，同时复苏异乎寻常的缓慢，美国正经历着前所未闻的长期高失业率。
24. These negative effects, in the common in the country rich and poor widening gap has reached unheard-of levels.
    这些负面效应是，在普遍的国家内贫富差距越拉越大，已经达到了前所未有的程度。
25. So speeding to get from one appointment to the next is not unheard-of.
    所以从一个约会到下一个用超速行驶是经常的。
26. It was not all that long ago that it was almost unheard-of for an unmarried couple to live together.
    并不是很久以前，没有结婚的人住在一起还是骇人听闻的事。
27. With the crowds still massing and anger rising, the talk-show hosts on Tuesday morning swung into action, propagating an unheard-of line of argument.
    随着人群聚集，他们的怒气继续上升。周二早晨电台谈话节目的主持人开始行动，宣传一种闻所未闻的论调。
28. There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard-of privilege.
    因为在这个世界上，开车对某些人来说是闻所未闻的特权。
29. But all that evening and next day news was coming in of unheard-of losses, of the loss of one-half of the army, and another battle turned out to be physically impossible.
    然而，就在当晚及第二天接连不断传来闻所未闻的死亡消息，损失半数军队的消息，这样，新的战役因兵员不足而不可能进行。

adj

1. previously unknown
   1. a first novel by an unheard of writer
   2. developments on an unheard-of scale