单词详解

1. n.

A. [U] 惊奇，诧异 (the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you)

To my surprise, they refused to cooperate with us. 令我吃惊的是，他们不肯与我们合作。

The villagers looked at me in surprise. 村民们惊奇地望着我。

B. [C] 使人惊讶的事，意外的事 (a sudden unexpected event)

The incident came as quite a surprise to us. 这一事件完全出乎我们的意料。

I must say the news came as a total surprise. 我得说这个消息来得太突然了。

2. vt.

使吃惊，使感到意外 （cause to be surprised）

I was surprised to learn that he had got married. 听说他已经结婚了，我很吃惊。

The news surprised us all. 这消息使我们大家都吃了一惊。

 

相关词组

1. take ... by surprise 出其不意

  The question took the professor by surprise. 那个问题使教授大感意外。

2. in surprise 惊奇地

  The villagers looked at me in surprise. 村民们惊奇地望着我。

3. big surprise 大惊喜

Put the presents out of sight so we can give her a big surprise.

把礼物藏起来，我们给她一个大大的惊喜。

4. to one’s surprise  使某人惊奇的是

  To my surprise, many students didn’t finish their work.

让我惊讶的是，许多学生没有完成作业。

5. be surprised at 对……惊奇

You will be surprised at his progress. 你会对他的进步感到惊讶。

 

相关单词

形容词：surprising 令人惊讶的

副词：surprisingly 惊人地，出人意外地

过去式：surprised

过去分词：surprised

 

 

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词语辨析：shock, amaze, astonish, surprise

 

shock, amaze, astonish, surprise

这四个词都有“惊讶”之意。

shock: 程度最强。指“震惊”，一般指“令人震惊的坏事”。

amaze：程度较强。amaze 一般指“令人惊讶的好事”。

astonish: 特指“遇到不可理解的意外而吃惊”。

surprise: 程度最弱。指由于意外或突然而感到惊讶。

 

单词详解

1. shock: 程度最强。指“震惊”， 一般指“令人震惊的坏事”。

We are shocked at the news that he had been killed in the car accident.

得知他在车祸中丧生的消息后我们很震惊。

2. amaze: 程度较强。amaze 一般指“令人惊讶的好事”。

The film we saw last night really amazed us. 昨天看的电影使我们很惊讶。

3. astonish: 特指“遇到不可理解的意外而吃惊”。

His father was astonished by his son’s behavior. 父亲对他儿子的行为很吃惊。

4. surprise: 程度最弱。指由于意外或突然而感到惊讶。

To our surprise, the boy finished the job on time.

令我们吃惊地是，男孩按时完成了工作。