surprise

surprise [səˈpraiz] vt.

1. ■ 使惊奇, 使感到意外

2. ■ 突袭, 突然攻占

3. ■ 出其不意地揭发

4. ■ 意外遇见; 当场捉住; 忽然发现

5. ■ 使无意间做某事

surprise sb. in the act 冷不防地当场抓住了某人

surprise a witness into telling the truth 使证人不知不觉中说出真实情况

surprise a confession from sb. 趁某人不备时使其供认

You surprise me! 你吓了我一跳!

lt's nothing to be surprised about[at]. 这事不值得大惊小怪。

I am surprised at you. 我对你的举动感到诧异。

I was surprised at seeing [to see] him there. 我真想不到会在那里见到他。

We surprised the enemy while they were sleeping. 我们在敌人睡觉时奇袭他们。

She came home early and surprised a burglar. 她回家早了一些, 结果撞见了一个夜贼。

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词性变化

surprise [səˈpraiz] n.

1. ■ 惊奇, 吃惊

2. ■ 可惊的事情, 意外的事情

3. ■ 出其不意, 偷袭

be great surprise to sb. 使某人感到十分惊奇

capture sb. by surprise 出其不意地俘获某人

What a surprise! 多么令人吃惊的事!

We have some surprises in store for you. 我们还有些出乎你意料的话[礼物]奉告[奉赠]。

surprise [səˈpraiz] adj.

1. ■ 出乎意料的, 令人吃惊的

a surprise visit 突然的拜访

surprise roll-call 【军】紧急点名

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继承用法

surprisedly [səˈpraɪzɪdlɪ] adv. surpriser n.

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习惯用语

be taken by surprise

1. ■ 冷不防被...吓一跳, 出其不意地攻击

spring a surprise on sb.

1. ■ 使某人大吃一惊

in surprise

1. ■ 惊奇地

to one's great surprise

1. ■ 使某人非常惊奇的是

to the surprise of

1. ■ 令...非常吃惊的是

surprise(sb.)into (doing sth.)

1. ■ 出其不意地使(某人做某事)

surprise(sth.)from [out of] (sb.)

1. ■ 出其不意地使(某人)说出(某事)

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参考词汇

surprise;astonish;amaze;astound;都含“使人感到惊奇”的意思。

1. ■ surprise 指“由于出乎意外而惊异或诧异”, 如:

His coming surprised me. 他的到来使我感到惊奇。

2. ■ astonish 指“由于出乎意料而又不能理解而感到吃惊”, 语意较强, 如:

I was astonished to see he got up so early. 见他起得这么早我感到惊讶。

3. ■ amaze 指“由于认为似乎不可能或极少可能发生的事出现而感到大为诧异、迷惑不解”, 语意较强, 如:

I was amazed at his impudence. 他竟然无耻到这种地步使我感到惊愕。

4. ■ astound 指“使震惊”, 语意比amaze强, 如:

I was astounded at the news. 我听到这个消息大吃一惊。