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| 1 | C an unusual or unexpected event 不寻常的事件；意外之事 |
| There were few surprises at Wimbledon this year. 今年温布尔登网球赛没有什么令人感到意外的事。 |
| come as a surprise Holman’ s arrest came as a surprise to the entire community. 霍尔曼的被捕对整个社区来说是一件意外的事。 |
| come as no surprise Given the dismal sales performance, the change of management came as no surprise. 考虑到这种糟糕的销售业绩，管理层的变动并不令人意外。 |
| surprises in store (=unexpected things that will happen in the future) Let’ s hope there are no more unpleasant surprises in store for us. 将来会发生的意外之事 |
| be in for a surprise The players could be in for a surprise if they expect an easy victory. 如果这些参赛者想轻轻松松获得胜利，那他们可能会发现情况大出他们所料。 |
| | 1a | news or information that seems unusual or unexpected 不平常的（或意外的）消息 | | I never knew Sheila had been married – that was a real surprise. 我一直都不知道希拉已经结婚了，那确实令人意外。 | |
| | 1b | happening unexpectedly 意外的 | | Henderson led the team to a surprise win in the final. 亨德森带领队伍在决赛中意外获胜。 | | They keep the room ready for surprise visitors. 他们准备了这个房间以应付突然造访的来客。 | |
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| 2 | U the feeling you have when something unusual or unexpected happens 惊奇；惊讶 |
| Many students expressed surprise at the news. 许多学生对这个消息表示惊讶。 |
| (much) to sb’ s surprise Much to my surprise, the restaurant was actually very nice. 令我感到很惊讶的是，这家餐馆实际上是非常不错的。 |
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| 3 | C a present that you are not expecting to receive 意想不到的礼物 |
| I got you a little surprise for your birthday. 我给你买了一件你意想不到的生日礼物。 |
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| - | surprise, surprise
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| used in a humorous way for saying that something is exactly what you expected or should have expected |
| （幽默用语，用于表示某事物正是你所预料的或你本该预料的）真出乎意料 |
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| He gave his son a job and surprise, surprise, in six months he became a director. 他给他儿子安排了一份工作，而后，真出人意料，在6个月内他儿子成了主管。 |
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| - | take/catch sb by surprise
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| 1 | to happen unexpectedly （发生的事）出乎某人意料 | The storm caught the fishermen completely by surprise. 暴风雨令渔民们猝不及防。 | |
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| 2 | to attack , catch , or find someone when they do not expect it 出其不意地攻击（或抓住、找到）某人 | Protesters marched into the governor’ s office, taking security forces by surprise. 抗议者们涌进了州长办公室，让保安人员措手不及。 | |
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| 3 | to shock someone by unexpected behaviour （以出人意料的行为）令某人吃惊 | The violence of his language took us all by surprise. 他言辞的激烈令我们都很震惊。 | |
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