英语词汇“surprising”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词	surprising
例句	surprisingsurprising /sɚˈpraɪzɪŋ/ adjective ► surprising if something is surprising, you do not expect it to happen or be true: It was an easy question and it was surprising that no one knew the answer. A surprising number of people have never read a single book. ► amazing very surprising. You use amazing especially about good or impressive things: He hit two home runs in one game, which is pretty amazing. ► astonishing extremely surprising and difficult to believe: The students improved at an astonishing rate using the new program. ► startling very surprising. You use startling when you suddenly find out about a piece of information: NASA scientists made the startling discovery that life may have existed on Mars more than three billion years ago. ► unexpected if something is unexpected, it is surprising because you did not think it would happen: Her victory was unexpected – everyone thought her opponent would win. ► shocking very surprising and upsetting: The conditions in the refugee camps were shocking - there was very little food or water. ► unforeseen an unforeseen situation is one that you did not expect to happen and causes problems: The bridge took a long time to build because of a series of unforeseen problems. ➔ see strangeADVERBS: surprisingYou can make the adjectives surprising, amazing, astonishing, startling, unexpected, and shocking into adverbs by using an -ly ending: Surprisingly, no one knew the answer. \| His offer was startlingly generous. \| The conditions were shockingly poor.
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