surprise
/səˈpraɪz/
n. / v.
标准词条
CET-4
一句话记住
惊讶；意外的事；使惊讶；使感到意外
释义与例句
n.
惊讶；意外的事
the feeling caused by something unexpected, or an event or thing that causes this feeling
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To everyone's surprise, the youngest team won the competition.
令所有人惊讶的是，最年轻的队伍赢得了比赛。
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She could not hide her surprise when the lights came on.
灯亮起时，她无法掩饰自己的惊讶。
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The unexpected visit from an old friend was a pleasant surprise.
一位老朋友突然来访，真是个令人愉快的惊喜。
v.
使惊讶；使感到意外
to make somebody feel surprise by doing or showing something unexpected
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His calm response surprised everyone who knew him.
他平静的反应让所有认识他的人都感到意外。
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It surprised me that nobody had noticed the mistake.
没有人注意到这个错误，这让我很惊讶。
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We surprised Mum with breakfast in bed on her birthday.
妈妈生日那天，我们把早餐送到她床上，给了她一个惊喜。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
人“感到惊讶”用 surprised，事情“令人惊讶”用 surprising；to one's surprise 是“令某人惊讶的是”，surprise sb with sth 是“用某事给某人惊喜”。
词族与关联词
词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
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surprised 感到惊讶的形容词，描述人的感受，常用于 be surprised at/by sth 或 be surprised that...。
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surprising 令人惊讶的形容词，描述事情本身令人意外，如 a surprising result。
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surprisingly 出人意料地；惊人地副词，表示某事以令人意外的方式发生或达到某种程度。
同义词
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astonish 使十分惊讶；使震惊surprise 是通用的“使惊讶”，程度可轻可重；astonish 表示使非常惊讶，程度更强。surprise 还可作名词表示惊讶或惊喜，astonish 通常只作动词，对应名词是 astonishment。The magician's final trick astonished the audience. 魔术师的最后一个戏法让观众大为震惊。
常见搭配
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to one's surprise 令某人惊讶的是To my surprise, the shop was still open at midnight. 令我惊讶的是，这家店午夜还在营业。
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a pleasant surprise 惊喜；愉快的意外Finding a handwritten letter in the parcel was a pleasant surprise. 在包裹里发现一封手写信是个惊喜。
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come as a surprise 出人意料；让人感到意外The decision came as a surprise to the whole department. 这个决定让整个部门都感到意外。