| 单词 | take sb by surprise |
| 释义 | take sb by surprisetake sb by surprise 1 SURPRISEDto happen unexpectedly 出乎某人意料 The question took her by surprise. 这个问题使她猝不及防。 Examples from the Corpus take/catch somebody by surprise• In consequence, untold numbers of sailors died when their destinations suddenly loomed out of the sea and took them by surprise.• Inspector Montgomery's sudden termination of the interview had taken her by surprise initially, but now she understood his strategy.• Welch and I had a rather heated exchange about the appropriateness of his editorial interference, which had caught me by surprise.• He caught me by surprise and I sounded foolish.• The hug takes him by surprise.• He rolled towards Lily, taking her by surprise.• The thought that had been waiting to be revealed, waiting to take him by surprise.• His deep voice took Romanov by surprise. → take/catch somebody by surprise at surprise1(1) 2 PMATTACKto suddenly attack a place or an opponent when they are not ready 出其不意地袭击某人/某地 The guerrillas were killed when army troops took them by surprise. 游击队员在遭到军队突袭时被杀。 Examples from the Corpus take somebody/something by surprise• Inspector Montgomery's sudden termination of the interview had taken her by surprise initially, but now she understood his strategy.• Such cheery jobless numbers have taken everybody by surprise.• He rolled towards Lily, taking her by surprise.• Midlife never took me by surprise.• But still Hsu Fu was not satisfied or took us by surprise.• But the vehemence and anger of this response take her by surprise.• The thought that had been waiting to be revealed, waiting to take him by surprise.• His deep voice took Romanov by surprise. → take somebody/something by surprise at surprise1(2) |
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