| 单词 | unversed |
| 例句 | I did not know how to answer her, being startled by her forwardness and unversed in the telling of lies. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z For readers unversed in current architectural jargon, appreciation of this book requires some judicious skipping over the muddier parts. All Over the Map: Writing on Buildings and Cities by Michael Sorkin ? review 2011-08-25T13:51:03Z Holley has represented Lohan throughout numerous court proceedings, but the actress opted to have Heller, a New York lawyer unversed in California law, represent her in recent months. Lindsay Lohan checks in to Betty Ford clinic 2013-05-03T15:27:24Z First comes the chicken farm: One unversed in such matters can have no notion of the many and tragic things that can happen to a chicken. A brief survey of the short story part 51: Sherwood Anderson 2013-07-24T15:15:19Z Its five hours zipped by, even for an audience member unversed in Potterdom. The Best Theatre of 2018 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Veteran mountaineers and search-and-rescue teams worry it’s only a matter of time before others unversed in the perils follow in their steps only to meet with disaster. Mt. Whitney: A perilous trek to the top of California's record snowpack 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z To those unversed in the intricacies of monetary policy, the significance of Japan’s decision to raise the ceiling on its 10-year bond yields may not have been immediately clear. Why Japan’s Sudden Shift on Bond Purchases Dealt a Global Jolt 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z It was a performance that often befuddled Mr. Kemp and Ms. Abrams as he made references to “Austrian economics” that few unversed in Libertarian principles would catch. 5 Takeaways From the Georgia Governor’s Debate: Kemp and Abrams Came Ready 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z In recent weeks, however, at least two clients have fired Mr. Pierce, complaining that he seemed unresponsive and appeared at times to be unversed in the details of their cases. Go-to Lawyer for Capitol Riot Defendants Disappears 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z As laymen unversed in the intricacies of eviction law, most renters watch as their cases are dispensed with little ado by housing-court judges. Opinion | If the nationwide eviction freeze is thrown out, renters will be on their own 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Why did Democrats not realise that Mueller would not only be a unwilling witness but seemingly unversed in his own report? Mueller’s 'lacklustre' testimony did little for impeachment debate, experts say 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z While Ms. White acknowledged that Mr. Trump “doesn’t speak what I call ‘Christianese,’” she rejected portrayals of him as unversed on spiritual matters. Paula White, Trump’s Spiritual Adviser, Says He Has ‘a Hunger for God’ 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z To those unversed in the partisan quarreling that defines today’s Congress, the law known as the Zadroga Act seemed a shoo-in for renewal. Will Congress renew law providing health benefits for Sept. 11 first responders? 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Like many Westerners who went East, sniffing an opportunity and painting false vistas of fortune to Easterners unversed in capitalism, they vanished. A Home of Catherine, Before Greatness, Fitfully Regains a Bit of Glory 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Ms. Fennell is utterly unversed on policy; Mr. Summers achieved nothing of note in four years in Annapolis. Endorsements for Maryland House and Senate primary elections in Prince George’s County Or were they simply identifying her for the benefit of those unversed in high fashion? L'Wren Scott: More than a 'girlfriend' 2014-03-18T20:56:03Z It is impossible for any one, however unversed in politics, who has lived so long in Mesopotamia, not to be deeply interested in the future of the country. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z I am quite unversed in the reading of ancient MSS., but I hope the following, with the translation, will not be found incorrect. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z Strange, strānj, adj. foreign: belonging to another country: not formerly known, heard, or seen: not domestic: new: causing surprise or curiosity, marvellous: unusual, odd: estranged, reserved: unacquainted with, unversed: not lawfully belonging to one.—adv. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z But Philip, being unversed in the feminine instinct of self-defence, did not know this. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Mrs. Bradley even imagined, unversed as she was in the methods of Dollie's world, that of allurement in its conscious and determined sense, she was almost innocent. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The spelling and the syntax in these examples are equally outrageous; yet they are possibly not more so than might be expected from persons unversed in the intricacies and anomalies of our language. Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters 2011-11-16T03:00:25.713Z No longer young, with but little taste in ornament and dress, and certes quite unversed in all those wiles, which might have drawn this brilliant butterfly into her net. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z You take a young man, ignorant of the world, unversed in human nature; you shut him up in a college with others as ignorant as himself. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z You are young and unversed in the wickedness of the world, but obey me to the letter and you are safe. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z This, as all aquatics will agree, was no small compliment—particularly to one who was so totally unversed in wielding the flashing oar. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z Know, O reader, unversed in the compound mysteries of Mr Lewis Carroll, that the above is a contraction of the words squire-parson. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z A pleasant prospect when we knew that Germany regarded the Monroe Doctrine as the silly figment of a democratic brain unversed in the real meaning of world politics. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z She had marvelous ideas, which were unfortunately balked by the inability of the singers to subject themselves to a technique and discipline in the practice of which they were unversed. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z Bunyan.—Perhaps no book ever exerted a greater influence than “Pilgrim’s Progress,” written by one who in his youth was wild and godless, a tramping tinker and rough soldier, uneducated and unversed in literary invention. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z I never wish myself an unversed writer and newsmonger but when I write to you. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z The Colonel was confessedly unversed in women's ways—then why did he meddle? At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Unfortunately, she is not engaged for it, and, being unversed in polite evasions, she says yes, quietly, and is soon floating round the room with him. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z "You will have to wait on Mr. Balfour, sir, his Excellency's private secretary, the second door from the corner," said the porter, scarcely deigning a glance at one so evidently unversed in viceregal observances. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z You forget, Bronislaus, that I was then but a girl of seventeen, without experience, altogether unversed in the ways of the world. Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z Mr. Jamieson, unversed in the ways of criminals, was at a loss. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z "I am not unversed in that sort of thing, unluckily," said Massingbred, interrupting him. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z We are not entirely unversed in responding to things that don't exist - Odysseus, Macbeth and the woman portrayed in the Mona Lisa don't exist, either. Sherry Turkle's meditation on technology, "Alone Together" 2011-01-28T17:23:01Z Too, the three-eyed deity, a hideous figure, puzzled him, though he was by no means unversed in the symbolism of the many religions of the land. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Neither of us was a chess-player, and I was all unversed in cards, but sometimes we played draughts or dominoes by the hour, as though one of us had been Ronnie himself. Witching Hill He was not altogether unversed in the ways of good society, and it seemed to him that the Englishman was somewhat over-assiduous in his attentions. Into the Primitive He was strong in Latin, not unversed in Greek; the history of the German Empire, and political history—but above all, literary history,—together with geography, were his favourite studies. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. It is now perhaps scarcely known by many persons not unversed in the constitution of their country, that, besides the bishops and baronial abbots, the inferior clergy were regularly summoned at every parliament. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 However unversed she may be in the world's ways, it is scarcely to be supposed that any young girl, under normal conditions, can look upon her own marriage as an abstract thing. The Gambler A Novel He is direct, unversed in diplomacy, golden-hearted, with a great capacity for friendship and sentiment. Patricia Brent, Spinster Yet the girl, inland bred and unversed in weather lore, sat heedless and indifferent, her eyes fixed upon the horizon in a vacant stare. Into the Primitive Thank goodness they appeared to be too unversed in the wickedness of this world to entertain such ideas as must have passed through the bullet-head of O'Flaherty! A Top-Floor Idyl Being as unversed in the ways of house agents as in those of women, he took it on trust, paid a quarter’s rent, and went down to take possession. Man and Maid She was not unversed in occasions of the kind, and as a rule had no difficulty in “heading off” her suitor by a baffling flow of conversation, but to-day no words would come. A Question of Marriage The man had always been a repulsive person in her eyes, and, unversed though she was in the world’s wiles, she knew instinctively that his present pretensions were merely a cloak for rascality. The Bartlett Mystery In the art of travelling, however, he was totally unversed. The Lamplighter He wanted tact, they said, he was too excitable, too impulsive, too much absorbed in his own ideas, too unversed in the arts by which individuals are conciliated. Studies in Contemporary Biography He was unversed in the ways of the men with whom he had to deal, and he had no commercial aptitude whatever. Berenice To a person unacquainted with physics or practically unversed in climates, the cold of the winter nights may seem a disadvantage; why this is but seldom the case is owing chiefly to the dryness. The Truth About America They are utterly unversed in business methods or terms, and are the type of women who obediently sign any paper without reading it. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune To my mind, unversed in the ways of society, it is a dreadful thing to trifle thus with a human heart. The Lamplighter Her young spirit, unversed in irony, drank in the bitter draught of disillusion. Tante Afterwards, as this appeared unsuitable, owing to those persons being, not indeed unlearned, but notoriously unversed in such subjects, as soon as I got home I transferred those dialogues to Cato and Brutus. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero It is rather a painful thing to have one who is utterly unversed in speaking. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland He was entirely unversed in mechanics, and Richards persisted in pouring forth technicalities that bewildered him. Malcolm Sage, Detective The inspectors were young men, entirely unversed in the intricacies of constitutional law, so that when Miss Anthony expounded to them the XIV. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II At length I reached the plain where the Marshal had drawn up his troops, and, though quite unversed in real soldiering, I could see that he had chosen a position of great strength. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France Rosina told him, and he was sufficiently unversed in the world of music to have never heard it before and to experience a difficulty in getting it straight now. A Woman's Will A dozen signs showed him that she was a new arrival in the country, unused to colonial ways, unversed in colonial methods. The Rider of Waroona "That settles it," said Wyman, who was unversed in parliamentary language. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia This might scarcely be the little Shearman boat manned by two fishermen only; even she, unversed in sea knowledge could tell that. The Light of Scarthey He, all unversed in such matters, suddenly found knowledge and stooped to kiss her lips; then as suddenly restrained himself, with all the past in his mind, and pressed his kiss on her hand instead. Gold Out of Celebes Stonor, totally unversed in the ways of women, was crushed by her changed air. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] But it was a young hawk, unversed in the way of the muskrat, which had seized him. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Being unversed in diplomatic evasions, she accepted his words as a disclaimer. The Arbiter A Novel Their aspirant lovers, unversed in the affectations of the salon, are slighted and repelled; in revenge they employ their valets, Mascarille and Jodelet, to play the parts of men of fashion and of taste. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. The jealous husband would kill his erring wife and would then be killed by her lover; but, being unversed in the habits of Cathaian emperors and their entourage, I had run off the track. Diversions in Sicily Chemists may be able to explain, but simple woman, unversed in the mysteries of chemistry, cannot. The Development of Embroidery in America An uncouth creature of the forest was he, unversed in all the arts of love-making. A Book of Myths And remember, it was the civilian soldier—unversed in war, save actual war—who accepted and pushed home the glorious opportunities of achievement that these wondrous days offered. Pushed and the Return Push Bossuet was at first unversed in the writings of the Catholic mystics. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Perhaps it may be of interest to the reader unversed in such matters to learn what are the conditions on which an agent undertakes to introduce an applicant to persons wishing a teacher. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 "Letter for the mate," said the youth, who was unversed in recent history; "catch." A Master Of Craft When this official entered, Antoinette and Philip, who were as yet unversed in the customs of the prison, were pushed back by the crowd into the yard, without understanding why. Which? or, Between Two Women "I'll be bound he thought you meant business with a dressmaker," I laughingly replied, determined to show her that I was not unversed in the ways of women. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta But indeed, as he is but twenty-one, and wholly unversed in matters of state, it is needful that the management of affairs should rest in the hands of those who have long controlled it. At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War Thus does the Professor look in men’s faces with a strange impartiality, a strange scientific freedom; like a man unversed in the higher circles, like a man dropped thither from the Moon. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History In rest camps revolvers are not supposed to be loaded, but this one was, and the batman was so unversed in the ways of revolvers that he failed to recognise the fact. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 She was too young and too unversed in human nature to know how jealously her father would watch her, with inward curses on him who had wrought the change. Cobwebs and Cables He heard, with horror, a narration of the arts by which he had been imposed on when he was unversed in the intricacies of government, and too sincere and noble to suspect deceit in others. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel The latter was wholly unversed in the science of nepotism, and 'happy family' compacts; for although desirous of aiding his relatives, he was jealous of the least offence on their part, and never overlooked it. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852 In this the father again saw a trap laid for his son, who in worldly matters was as unversed as a child. The Loves of Great Composers A strong, simple man, unversed in the sophistry of society, loves the first woman he meets, provided, of course, she shows toward him a bit of soft, feminine sympathy. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters You are not exactly the latter; certainly not the former; nevertheless, being a rustic, all unversed in the fashionable accomplishment of 'fibbing,' you may dispense with the varnish pot and brush. Infelice To be sure, the primitive savage, unversed as he was in pastes and glazes, in moulds and ornaments, did not pass his life entirely devoid of cups and platters. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Though unversed in the intricacies of the law, he was sensible enough to realize that Loring was right. Sundown Slim A great fancy of these two it was to imagine themselves a couple apart from the crowd, and unversed in city ways, and just from the country. A Man and a Woman Nothing had hitherto come of the invitation, for even Madeleine, unversed as she was in the ways of society, could see that nothing more was meant than a compliment. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel The author's remarks are not readily intelligible to readers unversed in the technicalities of Indian revenue administration. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official The mandolin-player was not unversed in the psychology of the ward. Love Stories For, woodsman and unversed in the ways of women, he had not arrived at that point in life where he could analyze even a boy's love, much less a man's passion. The Ramrodders A Novel You see before you three old bachelors, quite unversed in the ways of women. The Sword Maker He was unversed in the ways of women. Septimus I am an old man," he faltered, "unversed in affairs of State. St George's Cross The plain country lawyer, unversed in the art of war, was suddenly transformed into the great civil ruler and military chieftain. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him Thou art too young and unversed in the ways of business to understand all; but I was not content to grow rich in the course of business alone. The Sign of the Red Cross Among other queer objects whose meaning defies the penetration of the traveller unversed in Japanese mythology is a monstrous human face, with a nose at least three feet long, and altogether out of proportion. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thou art full simple, my friend, or unversed in the ways of this land, if thou thinkest that I and my brethren care aught for Zeus or any other god. Stories from the Odyssey That was as fine an interpretation of the ethics involved in the enforcement of law as I have ever heard or read—delivered to simple minds unversed in the science ethical. Andrew the Glad This is on the supposition that the household of Blank are plain, practical women, unversed in the vanities of the world. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays It has now passed into popular phraseology to such an extent that lady novelists, unversed in academic niceties, confer a "Balliol scholarship" on their heroes, even when entering Cambridge. The Charm of Oxford To the unversed, a march by sled would seem simplicity. Pardners Congress was patriotic and well-intentioned, and on the whole stood bravely by its general, but it was unversed in war, very impatient, and at times wildly impracticable. George Washington, Volume I The practitioner unversed in the tricks of the forge will best guard against this by viewing the foot, while on the ground, from behind. Diseases of the Horse's Foot Even Spike, young, optimistic, and unversed in the ways of death as he was, knew that he was alone with a corpse. Midnight There had been warning, but White Fang was unversed in such things and did not understand the packing of a grip. White Fang He was unversed in the arts of Phyllis, and was sure that this was merely a vapid form of kidding. This Side of Paradise This was not gallantry on Newman's part—an art in which he was quite unversed. The American But he was unversed in the mysterious processes of feminine emotion. Roderick Hudson Hence, the words "I am unversed in" must be taken to mean that there are things which even an inspired Teacher does not know. The Art of War The Indians, unversed in technicalities, supposed that they now had an absolute and indefeasible estate in the lands. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 The unversed person believes that in harmonics he will find quite definite rules which must not be transgressed. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth His wife was not unversed in the arts of dissimulation herself. The Avalanche Possibly, too, before they issued from the vast Iranian plateau, they were not wholly unversed in the administration of wide territories. The Ancient East The only comment that an unversed student of Nature may presume to make on this incident is that, possibly, the snake retained its tail because it could not do otherwise. Tropic Days All that it becomes an unversed student of life's mysteries to suggest is that this example gives bold advertisement to the marvellous process. My Tropic Isle He could write an essay on the Understanding, but was unversed in Common-sense. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Sir William Harcourt was not unversed in intrigue, and one wonders now how a Cabinet which contained those two men held together as long as it did. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 One unversed in such matters can have no notion of the many and tragic things that can happen to a chicken. Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories "I'm not drunk," said Priam fiercely; he was unversed in London, and unaware of the foolishness of reasoning with the watch-dogs of justice. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days Eager-footed, they took the trail, and even he, Koskoosh, slow of sight and an unversed tracker, could have followed it blind, it was so wide. Children of the Frost The prince's muscles had lost some of their hardness from high living and he was, moreover, unversed in the great Anglo-American pastime. A Man and His Money At the same time, I was not uncultured, not unversed in polite learning. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 I don't suppose anything better could be expected of one so unversed in society, especially Charleston society. The Earth Trembled It was not exactly an auspicious atmosphere in which to entertain a houseful of college boys and girls, all unversed in the ways of the West. Going Some Will you have them couched in the Homeric style, to convince you that I am not wholly unversed in his poems? Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Tea-roses are not red nor Neapolitan violets blue; sugar is only sweet to those unversed in metaphysics, and sugar of lead not even to them. Without Prejudice You see, having lived so long with two such homey bodies as Aunt Lucy and Win, I was not utterly unversed in domestic matters. Vicky Van She threw her head back and laughed, laughed long and softly, and Tavernake, simple and unversed in the ways of women, believed that she was indeed amused. The Tempting of Tavernake For one unversed in woman's ways he played the game surprisingly well, and as he hurried towards his office he smiled grimly into the darkness. The Spoilers The unversed might have thought that light breath a sigh, but no lover could have made the mistake. The Lilac Sunbonnet Her Grace saith well," muttered faithful Jean Kennedy, unversed in classic lore, "would that we were once more at bonnie Leith. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Her heart was unversed inhappiness, but he had found the tone to lull her apprehensions, and make her trust her fate for any golden wonder. Tales of Men and Ghosts Some, unversed in the law, declared the election invalid. The Fortunate Youth As Magda, unversed in physical suffering, felt the cords shock against her flesh, she was conscious of a strange uplifting of spirit. The Lamp of Fate And Mary, being entirely without humour, and also unversed in dealing with criminals, did not divine that this was just a form of self-indulgence. The Getting of Wisdom But I am unversed in negotiations and devising shrewd tricks and stratagems. Andreas Hofer But the Marquis replied that he was unversed in the ways of trade and barter, and that he had no mind to enter into them. The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes How could I gauge the turpitude of that beauty's mind—I, all unversed in the wiles that Satan teaches women? The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza There seemed to be nothing more to say, and, being a man unversed in the ways of the world, he did not know what to do. Tom Swift and His Airship Only brave and simple of heart, and unversed in the ways of darkness. Long Live the King! Untried in national affairs, unversed in international diplomacy, unacquainted with the men who were foremost in the politics of the nation, he groaned when he saw the inevitable War of the Rebellion coming on. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller But Ah Chun himself, while unversed in Western culture, was thoroughly conversant with Western labour conditions. The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii Being wholly unversed in canine lore, he had, therefore, classified Chum as a "bird dog". His Dog Although unversed in any trade exercised by a Cossack, they were soon remarked among the other youths for their obstinate bravery and daring in everything. Taras Bulba and Other Tales Bashti had never seen ice, did not know it existed, and was unversed in the science of refrigeration. Jerry of the Islands Being very young, she was unversed in the ways of men. The Faith of Men Thus does the Professor look in men's faces with a strange impartiality, a strange scientific freedom; like a man unversed in the higher circles, like a man dropped thither from the Moon. 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