英语词汇“surprise”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词

surprise

例句

noun | verb

surprisesurprise1 /sɚˈpraɪz/ noun 1 something that you did not expect to happen► surprise

something that you did not expect to happen:

I’m not going to tell you what I got for your birthday - I want it to be a surprise.

The news that she was getting married came as a surprise.

► shock

something that you did not expect that makes you feel very surprised and upset:

We didn’t know he was sick, so it was a shock to us when we were told he had died.

► revelation AWL

something that is very surprising. You use revelation about surprising information that was hidden or private before, especially when it is in a news report:

There were more revelations about the senator’s private life on the news.

2 the feeling you have when something happens that you did not expect► surprise

the feeling you have when something happens that you did not expect:

To my surprise, the company offered me the job.

His friends looked at him in surprise when they saw his new haircut.

► shock

the feeling of surprise you have when something very bad happens that you did not expect:

I lost my job this morning - I’m still in shock.

► amazement

a feeling of very strong surprise, and a feeling that something cannot really be true, even though it is:

He stared in amazement at his watch. He had slept for over 16 hours.

► astonishment

a feeling of very strong surprise. You use astonishment to show that something is difficult to believe, even though it is true. Astonishment is a stronger word than amazement:

To my astonishment, a huge fish suddenly jumped out of the water in front of me.

► wonder

a feeling of strong surprise and admiration, because something does not seem real or true, even though it is. Wonder is used mainly in literature:

People stared in wonder at the first steam trains.

➔ see shock1

noun | verb

surprisesurprise2 /sɚˈpraɪz/ verb ► surprise

if something surprises you, you do not expect it to happen:

His reaction surprised me – I thought he would be pleased, but he was angry.

Shh, be quiet! I want to surprise him.

► take someone by surprise also catch someone by surprise

if something takes you by surprise, it happens suddenly when you are not ready to deal with it:

The heavy snowfall took us by surprise and we didn’t have any chains for the car tires.

► amaze

to surprise someone very much, especially because something is unusual:

Her ability to learn languages amazed her teachers.

It amazes me how easy it is to fool some people.

► astonish

to surprise someone very very much. If you use astonish, something seems even more surprising and hard to believe than when you use amaze:

He astonished theater audiences by making an elephant disappear.

► startle

to surprise someone by appearing suddenly or making a sudden noise:

The sound of the gun startled the birds and they all flew away.

► stun

to surprise or shock people very much, especially so that they are not sure how to react:

The young player’s unexpected victory stunned the tennis world.

► shock

to make someone feel very surprised and upset:

It shocked us to see how sick she looked.

➔ see shock2 for more words meaning “to surprise and upset someone”

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