surprise

[US]/sə'praɪz/
[UK]/sɚ'praɪz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 惊奇,突袭
vt. 使惊讶
adj. 令人惊讶的
Word Forms
现在分词surprising
过去分词surprised
第三人称单数surprises
过去式surprised
复数surprises

Phrases & Collocations

Pleasantly surprised

惊喜之余

by surprise

出其不意地

in surprise

惊奇地

big surprise

大惊喜;大吃一惊

surprise attack

奇袭,突然袭击;突袭

take by surprise

使吃惊;撞见;奇袭

catch by surprise

使吃惊,使诧异,使感到意外

Example Sentences

surprise sb. in the act

冷不防地当场抓住了某人

be great surprise to sb.

使某人感到十分惊奇

Mum's the word on the surprise party.

在这个意外的集会上别多话

surprise a confession from sb.

趁某人不备时使其供认

win the battle by surprise tactics

以出奇制胜的战术打赢仗

There’s a surprise in store for you.

你将会大吃一惊的。

their marriage came as a complete surprise to me.

他们结婚完全出乎我的意料。

the big freeze surprised the weathermen.

那次大寒让气象员们觉得意外。

make a surprise assault on

对...进行突然袭击

surprise a witness into telling the truth

使证人不知不觉中说出真实情况

I am surprised at you.

我对你的举动感到诧异。

a squeal of surprise; the squeal of tires.

一声惊异的尖叫;轮胎的尖锐刺耳的摩擦声

Oh boy—what a surprise!

哦…真令人吃惊

The surprise attack put me in a fix.

这次突然袭击使我处于困境。

They are trying to spring a surprise on us.

他们打算告诉我们一个惊讶的消息。

They surprised us with a visit.

他们突然来访使我们大感意外。

Real-world Examples

Today's rate hike was a surprise to no one.

没有人对美联储今天宣布加息感到惊讶。

Source: NPR News December 2018 Compilation

It's a surprise party, and the surprise is on you.

这是个惊喜派对啊,而惊喜是给你的。

Source: Universal Dialogue for Children's Animation

Surprise you with little gifts? - Constantly.

来给你惊喜吗 -他常这样啊。

Source: Desperate Housewives Video Edition Season 6

If she comes, she will get a surprise.

如果她来了,她会感到非常惊奇的。

Source: New Concept English, British English Version, Book Two (Translation)

Well, I got a little surprise for you, buddy.

我为你准备了一份惊喜哟。

Source: Rick and Morty Season 2 (Bilingual)

Harry looked right and received a surprise to shake him out of his torpor.

哈利把目光转向右边,猛地大吃一惊,一下子从麻木的状态中清醒过来。

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

So salt's culinary and cultural value is no surprise.

所以盐的烹饪和文化价值不足为奇。

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

We can use this structure with this intonation to express uncertainty and also sometimes surprise.

我们可以用这种结构来表达不确定性有时候也表示吃惊。

Source: BBC Listening December 2014 Collection

Mr Worthing! This is indeed a surprise.

沃辛先生!这的确是个惊喜啊。

Source: Not to be taken lightly.

It means it was a big surprise.

意思是说这是极其意外的情况。

Source: Learn English by following hot topics.

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