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词汇 involuntarily
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Definition of involuntarily in English:

involuntarily

adverb ɪnˈvɒlənt(ə)rɪliɪnˈvɑlənˌtɛrəli
  • 1Without will or conscious control.

    she shuddered involuntarily at the memory
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Everything happens quite involuntarily, as if in a tempestuous outburst of freedom, of absoluteness, of power and divinity.
    • His study shows that those with high hypochondriacal tendencies were more likely to involuntarily focus on anthrax-related stimuli.
    • Her mouth involuntarily smiles at the infants.
    • The thought of this produces an involuntarily queasy response.
    • Sensations come to me involuntarily.
    • The right eye of Patient A suddenly rushed back and forwards involuntarily, and he was left with a large translucent object in his central field of vision.
    • A violent report caused the watchers to flinch involuntarily, and after a second or so of quietness, the pattering of falling fragments was heard.
    • It unsettles the waiter so badly that he involuntarily staggers into the stack and knocks the glasses over.
    • I felt my legs move involuntarily, as though possessed of times past, and a feverish flush tingled in my limbs.
    • We compared brain activity during involuntarily laughing while watching a movie scene to that during faked laughter watching an unfunny scene of the same movie.
  • 2Against someone's will; without someone's cooperation.

    Alicia had her husband involuntarily hospitalized
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They may have been hospitalized involuntarily or given treatment services or medications they did not feel were of benefit.
    • These unemployed are hardly "involuntarily" out of work.
    • Any loose ends, like surviving victims, are involuntarily "incorporated" into the village.
    • In virtually any society, individuals are involuntarily subject to certain risks over which they have little of no control.
    • Under the act, some agricultural quotas will be involuntarily eliminated under a 10-year buyout program.
    • The court must judge whether a choice is so onerous that the parties entered the contract involuntarily.
    • He has been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric clinic by his sister, who believes him to be exhibiting aberrant behavior.
    • It's very different from being cool, but the path out is the same whether you got there voluntarily or involuntarily.
    • The man withdrew funds from his IRA and was later involuntarily committed to an alcohol abuse clinic.
    • The proportion of involuntarily underemployed persons rose strongly (by more than three percentage points).

Definition of involuntarily in US English:

involuntarily

adverbinˈvälənˌterəlēɪnˈvɑlənˌtɛrəli
  • 1Without will or conscious control.

    she shuddered involuntarily at the memory
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Everything happens quite involuntarily, as if in a tempestuous outburst of freedom, of absoluteness, of power and divinity.
    • We compared brain activity during involuntarily laughing while watching a movie scene to that during faked laughter watching an unfunny scene of the same movie.
    • Her mouth involuntarily smiles at the infants.
    • It unsettles the waiter so badly that he involuntarily staggers into the stack and knocks the glasses over.
    • Sensations come to me involuntarily.
    • The thought of this produces an involuntarily queasy response.
    • The right eye of Patient A suddenly rushed back and forwards involuntarily, and he was left with a large translucent object in his central field of vision.
    • A violent report caused the watchers to flinch involuntarily, and after a second or so of quietness, the pattering of falling fragments was heard.
    • I felt my legs move involuntarily, as though possessed of times past, and a feverish flush tingled in my limbs.
    • His study shows that those with high hypochondriacal tendencies were more likely to involuntarily focus on anthrax-related stimuli.
  • 2Against someone's will; without someone's cooperation.

    Alicia had her husband involuntarily hospitalized
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The proportion of involuntarily underemployed persons rose strongly (by more than three percentage points).
    • The court must judge whether a choice is so onerous that the parties entered the contract involuntarily.
    • They may have been hospitalized involuntarily or given treatment services or medications they did not feel were of benefit.
    • These unemployed are hardly "involuntarily" out of work.
    • It's very different from being cool, but the path out is the same whether you got there voluntarily or involuntarily.
    • He has been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric clinic by his sister, who believes him to be exhibiting aberrant behavior.
    • In virtually any society, individuals are involuntarily subject to certain risks over which they have little of no control.
    • Under the act, some agricultural quotas will be involuntarily eliminated under a 10-year buyout program.
    • Any loose ends, like surviving victims, are involuntarily "incorporated" into the village.
    • The man withdrew funds from his IRA and was later involuntarily committed to an alcohol abuse clinic.
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