单词 | surprise |
释义 | surprise[sə'praiz]n. 惊奇, 奇袭, 诧异vt. 使惊奇, 撞见, 奇袭【经】 突然袭击相关词组:It is no surprise thatIt is surprise thatin surprisetake by surpriseby surprise surprise surprise 也作 sur.prize AHD: [s…r-prºz“] D.J. [s*6pra!z]K.K. [s+6pra!z]v.tr.(及物动词) sur.prised 也作 sur.prized sur.pris.ing sur.priz.ing sur.pris.es sur.priz.es 1. To encounter suddenly or unexpectedly; take or catch unawares.惊讶:突然或出乎意料地面对;出其不意地抓住2. To attack or capture suddenly and without warning.突击,逮捕:没有警告、突然地袭击或抓住3. To cause to feel wonder, astonishment, or amazement, as at something unanticipated.使感到惊讶:使感到对毫无预料的事情的好奇、惊讶或惊愕4. To cause (someone) to do or say something unintended.不经意地做或说出:使(某人)做或说非本意的事5. To elicit or detect through surprise.惊讶地发现:带着诧异得到或察觉n.(名词)1. The act of surprising or the condition of being surprised.惊讶,惊奇:使惊讶的行为或惊讶的状态2. Something, such as an unexpected encounter, event, or gift, that surprises.使惊讶的事物:如一出乎意料的会面、事件或礼物等使人惊讶的事物语源:1. Middle English surprisen [to overcome] 中古英语 surprisen [克服] 2. from Old French surprise [feminine past participle of] surprendre [to surprise] 源自 古法语 surprise [] surprendre的阴性过去分词 [使惊讶] 3. sur- [sur-] sur- [超过…] 4. prendre [to take] from Latin prehendere, prendere [to seize] * see ghend- prendre [拿] 源自 拉丁语 prehendere, prendere [抓住] *参见 ghend- 继承用法:surpris“er n.(名词)surpris“ing adj.(形容词)surpris“ingly adv.(副词)参考词汇:1. surprise,astonish,amaze,astound,dumbfound,flabbergast2. These verbs mean to affect a person strongly as being unexpected or unusual.Tosurprise is to fill with often sudden wonder or disbelief as being unanticipated or out of the ordinary: 这些动词意思是因其出其不意或不寻常而强烈地影响一个人。Surprise 指的是因其出乎意料或非同寻常而使人突然充满好奇和不相信: “Never tell people how &I{to do things.} Tell them what &I{to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity”} (George S. Patton).“永远不要告诉人们怎样 去做事。 告诉他们去干什么 ,他们的足智多谋将会令您惊讶” (乔治S·巴顿)。3. Astonish suggests overwhelming surprise: Astonish 表示难以抵御的惊讶: The sight of such an enormous crowd astonished us.看到如此庞大的人群我惊讶万分。4. Amaze implies astonishment and often bewilderment: Amaze 表示极度惊讶以及困惑: The violinist's virtuosity has amazed audiences all over the world.小提琴家的精湛技艺使全世界的观众惊诧不已。5. Astound connotes shock, as from something unprecedented in one's experience: Astound 暗指由于未经历过的事情产生的震惊: We were astounded at the high cost of traveling in Japan.日本昂贵的旅游费用令我们震惊。6. Dumbfound adds toastound the suggestion of perplexity and often wordlessness: Dumbfound 除有astound 的意思外,还表示困惑及无话可说: His denial that he had witnessed the accident dumbfounded me.他否认曾亲眼目睹这一事故的发生把我惊呆了。7. Flabbergast is used as a more colorful equivalent ofastound, astonish, or amaze : Flabbergast 与asfound, astonish 或 amaze 意义相同,但更富于色彩: “The aldermen . . . were . . . flabbergasted;they were speechless from bewilderment” (Benjamin Disraeli).“高级市政官们目瞪口呆;他们因为迷惑而变得哑口无言” (本杰明·迪斯累利) |
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