surprising

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surprising — 形容詞

  • surprisingpositive
  • more surprisingcomparative
  • most surprisingsuperlative

1. not what you thought would happen, so that you feel surprised, often in a pleasa

1.形容詞B1
釋義

令人驚訝

出乎意料而讓人感到驚奇

not what you thought would happen, so that you feel surprised, often in a pleasant or interesting way

例句

It was surprising to see Mayumi finish the race before everyone else.

看到 Mayumi 比其他人先跑完比賽，確實令人驚訝。

it is surprising + to-infinitive

Tamar found it surprising that the library stayed open until midnight.

Tamar 發現圖書館居然開到半夜，覺得很驚訝。

find it surprising + that-clause

常見搭配
  • not at all surprising
  • somewhat surprising
  • highly surprising
  • surprising discovery
  • surprising result
  • surprising number
  • surprising amount
  • surprising twist
同義詞
  • unexpected

    the most direct synonym; 'unexpected' is neutral while 'surprising' adds emotional impact

  • astonishing

    much stronger; suggests something so far from what seemed possible that it is hard to believe

  • startling

    implies a sudden, sharp surprise, often with a physical reaction like jumping back

反義詞
  • expected

    the direct opposite — something you knew was coming

  • predictable

    suggests that something happens exactly as one would guess, so no surprise at all

文法句型

it + be + surprising + to-infinitive

it + be + surprising + that-clause

surprising + noun

find + it + surprising + that-clause

用法筆記

Commonly confused with 'surprised': 'surprising' describes something that causes the feeling (the movie is surprising → it makes you feel surprise), while 'surprised' describes the person who has the feeling (I am surprised by the movie).

常見錯誤

I am very surprising to see you.
I am very surprised to see you.
'surprising' describes the thing that causes the feeling, not the person who has it.

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常用片語

  • come as no surprise
  • it is hardly surprising that…

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