喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to picture 'surprise': something arrives that you were not ready for — it catches you off guard. From that one moment of 'no warning' the word fans out three ways: the unexpected event or thing itself (a party, a guest, a present), the jolt of feeling it sets off inside you, and the act of doing something to someone before they can prepare — catching them off guard on purpose, sometimes to win. The little shout 'Surprise!' and the sarcastic 'what a surprise' both grow from the same root moment.

可以想成： surprise 是一件你沒準備好的事突然降臨——讓你措手不及。從這一刻「毫無預警」往外散成三路：那件意…更多收起可以想成： surprise 是一件你沒準備好的事突然降臨——讓你措手不及。從這一刻「毫無預警」往外散成三路：那件意料之外的事或東西本身（派對、客人、禮物）、它在你心裡激起的那一震感覺，還有「趁人沒準備好出手」——故意逮個正著，有時是為了取勝。那聲「Surprise！」和那句帶反話味的「真意外」，也都從同一個源頭長出來。

原始詞典資料16 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Surprisename

  • 1

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surprisenoun/sə(ː)ˈpɹaɪ̯z/

  • 1

    Something unexpected.

    • It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought.
    • It came as a surprise when he succeed.
  • 2

    Something unexpected.

    • After the housecleaners drove off, the cat left a surprise for us on the carpet.
  • 3

    The feeling that something unexpected has happened.

    • Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did.
    • The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man’s private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.

surpriseverb/sə(ː)ˈpɹaɪ̯z/

  • 1

    To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.

    • It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.
  • 2

    To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.

    • He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him.
  • 3

    To undergo or witness something unexpected.

    • He doesn’t surprise easily.
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    To cause surprise.

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    To attack unexpectedly.

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    To take unawares.

    • "You were right," replied Isabella, "and I should not have surprised your confidence, had I not had something I wished to say. I know what you mean to do with Mr. Glentworth's gift—a marriage would scarcely be one without wedding-dresses—he has been equally generous to me, and you must keep the money till it is wanted, which, I hope, will be soon."

surpriseintj/sə(ː)ˈpɹaɪ̯z/

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    Drawing attention to a surprising action by oneself.

    • "Surprise!" we shouted as we jumped out from the cupboard. "Happy birthday!"
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    Drawing attention to something that should have been obvious.

    • When we add code modules, we will have an additional folder called (surprise!) Modules.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。