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незаметно для (кого-либо Technical); ничего не сказав (кому-либо: He went home early, unbeknownst to his mother. Acruxia); без чьего-либо ведома (In early August 1888, unbeknownst to him, his wife Bertha took their 13- and 15-year-old sons with her on a ride from Mannheim to Pforzheim in order to demonstrate the usefulness of the "horseless carriage".); кому-либо невдомёк, что; ... не подозревает о том, что (Entirely unbeknownst to him, this object he creates also has various other features: for example, it is the only sandwich within three miles. • The motorists initially decide to share the money, but it soon becomes a race to get to the money first. Unbeknownst to all, Captain Culpeper, chief of detectives of the Santa Rosita Police Department, who had been working the Grogan case for years and hoped to solve it and retire, has everyone tracked.  wikipedia.org 4uzhoj); втайне от (For listed private firms, it would most likely also be an indication of a principal-agent problem that allowed management to pursue non-profit maximizing goals unbeknownst to the stockowners. ART Vancouver) |
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without a particular person knowing (Unbeknownst to me, he had rented out the apartment while I was away. • Unbeknownst to her, in her early twenties, she was at the pinnacle of her career. • And thirdly, women have a different type of intelligence unbeknownst to men, mainly construed as intuitive or emotional knowledge. • Entirely unbeknownst to him, this object he creates also has various other features: for example, it is the only sandwich within three miles. • For listed private firms, it would most likely also be an indication of a principal-agent problem that allowed management to pursue non-profit maximizing goals unbeknownst to the stockowners. • There could be no possibility of dawn raids and take-overs of companies unbeknownst even to the directors. • I am glad that they were doing all those things unbeknownst to us—perhaps even unbeknownst to themselves—and that they did not need our prompting. • Unbeknownst to everyone else, he created a race of demons from the fiery lava of the core to be his army. • Unbeknownst to the women, the police officers had exchanged their hats and the badge numbers that established their identities were confused. • During the commotion that follows, the truck outside is forgotten about and unbeknownst to anyone, one of the cylinders begins to leak. • He, unbeknownst to his employees, speaks many predator languages, including cat, which meant he was not as clueless as they took him to be. cambridge.org); if something happens unbeknownst to you, you do not know about it (especially British - a variant form of unbeknown to: Unbeknownst to her father, she began taking dancing lessons. collinsdictionary.com); without someone's knowledge (If someone plans your birthday party unbeknownst to you — that is, you're completely unaware of it — it will probably be a surprise party. Used as an adjective or adverb, unbeknownst is descended from unbeknown (1848), which combines the prefix un- ("not") with be ("by, about") and know. Sometimes the FBI might be secretly working on a case, unbeknownst to the CIA, which is also secretly working on it. Imagine their frustration when everyone finds out they could have shared information and work, while saving time and manpower.: unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements vocabulary.com); occurring or existing without the knowledge of (usually used with `to' vocabulary.com); happening or existing without the knowledge of someone specified (unbeknownst to us rumors were flying merriam-webster.com) |
