subconsciously
adverb uk/ˌsʌbˈkɒn.ʃəs.li/ us/ˌsʌbˈkɑːn.ʃəs.li/
C2 潜意识地，下意识地
in a way that uses or relates to the subconscious (= the part of your mind that notices and remembers information when you are not actively trying to do so, and influences your behaviour even though you do not realize it)
I think I must have known subconsciously that something was going on between them. 我想我的潜意识里一定知道他们之间发生了什么。
Sometimes people subconsciously want to get caught. 有时人们在潜意识里希望被抓住。
See: subconscious
- More examples
- Racial profiling is the idea that police make decisions - consciously or subconsciously - on the basis of race.
- The Beatles had subconsciously absorbed a lot of folk music.
- The aim of advertising should not be to introduce viewers to new ideas, but rather to bring out ones that were already lurking subconsciously in the mind.