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Definition and Synonyms for 未知
1. | 未知 | よく知られていられない結果として普通でないこと |
Unfamiliarity | unusualness as a consequence of not being well known | |
Synonyms: | 未知 |
Meanings for each kanji in 未知
» | 未 | un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; sign of the ram; 1-3PM; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac |
» | 知 | know; wisdom |
Categories 未知 is a member of
1. | 普通でないために、めったにないこと | |
Unusualness | uncommonness by virtue of being unusual | |
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Sample Sentences for 未知
思考と発話とが相互依存することからわかるように、言語は、既成の事実を捉えるための手段というよりも、未知なる真実を見つけ出すための手段である。その多様性は、音声や記号ではなく世界観の多様性なのだ。
The interdependence of thought and speech makes it clear that languages are not so much a means of expressing truth that has already been established, but a means of discovering truth that was previously unknown. Their diversity is a diversity not of sounds and signs but of ways of looking at the world.
しかしながら、未知の外国語を聞くとき、我々は異なる単語を聞き分けることができず、発言をほとんど休止のない音の連続であると認識します。
However, when listening to an unknown foreign language, our ability to discern different words is lost, and we recognize speech as being a stream of sounds without many pauses.
未知の語に出会った時には、辞書で調べなければならない。
When you come across new words, you must look them up in your dictionary.
彼は未知の国々の事実を収集しながら世界中を旅行する。
He travels about the world gathering facts about little known countries.
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