surprise

[sə'praiz]

n.惊奇, 惊喜, 惊讶, 突然
vt.使惊奇, 使惊喜, 突然袭击, 惊讶地发现

例句与用法:

By firing a few shots we can surprise them into revealing their positions.

我们冷不防打几枪就能让他们暴露他们的位置。

What a surprise!

真是出人意外的事!

The news greatly surprised them.

这消息使他们大为吃惊。

It was a pleasant surprise to learn of her marriage.

得知她结婚是件令人惊喜的事。

词形变化:

形容词: surprising | 副词: surprisingly | 名词: surpriser |

详细释义:

n.

1. 惊奇, 诧异[U]

To my surprise, he refused to cooperate with us.

令我吃惊的是, 他不肯与我们合作。

2. 使人惊讶的事, 意外的事[C]

The incident came as quite a surprise to them.

这一事件完全出乎他们的意料。

3. 突然袭击[U]

vt.

1. 使吃惊, 使感到意外

I was surprised to learn that he was taking drugs.

听说他在吸毒, 我很吃惊。

The news surprised us all.

这消息使我们大家都吃了一惊。

2. 乘不备时设法得到; 出其不意地使(某人)做……

They surprised the culprit into telling the truth.

他们用出其不意的办法使罪犯吐露实情。

3. 突然袭击; 当场捉住

Our troops surprised the enemy while they were still sleeping.

趁敌人还在睡觉, 我们的部队出其不意地袭击了他们。


短语词组:

take by surprise

1. 使吃惊

The question took him by surprise.

他没想到人家会问这个问题。