措手不及；无意中发现：The army attacked at
night to surprise the rebek.军队在夜间发起攻击，把叛乱者打了
0 We arrived home early and surprised a burgZar trying to
break in•我们回家早，无意中丧现一个
窃贼正f入室行窃。
Surprised (H«r /sa'praizd; NAmE sar'p-/ adj.
〜（at/by sb/sth) j 〜（that …）I ~ (to see, hear，etc.)
feeling or showing surprise惊奇的；惊讶的；觉_奇怪
的；感觉意外的：a surprised 〖oofc惊讶的神色◊ She Zoofced
surprised when J toZd her.我告命她时▲显得很惊
讶。◊ J was surprised at hoiv quic^y she
agreed.我没想 到她这么快就同意了 P ◊ /’m surprised
at you, behaving Hke that in 〇/ t/ie佑ds•我真想不_，当着孩子扪的
面你竟做出这种举动。◊ They were surprised torrid t/iat he’d aZready
Ze/t. 门惊奇A发现他已经走了。◊ Ybu
shouldrCt be surprised (that)
he didn't come.
不必感到意外。◊ Don’t be
surprised f/ J pretend not to recognise you.要是我假装不认识你，#、别觉得奇怪。◊ 'Will she
cancel the party?> (I wouldnft be surprised/ “她会取消这次聚会吗？” “取消，我也不感到奇怪。” —compare unsurprised
SLirpris-ing tHr /sa'praizirj; NAmEsar'p-/ adj. causing surprise令人吃惊的；使人惊奇出人意料
的；奇怪的：Jt’s not
surprising (t/iat) they Zost.他们吃 了败仗，不奇怪。◊ We had a surprising amount m common•我们共同之处出奇地多。◊ Zt’s surprising w/iat peopZe wiH do /or money..人为了钱什么年不出来， 想想真令人愕然。► sur‘pris’ing‘ly Wv.: She Zoofced surprising;/ weH•她看上去身体出奇地好。夂5训- Ae agreed straight away.真想不到，他马上同
意了。〇 Not surprisingly on such a hot day, the beach was crowded.在这样的大热天，海滩上人头攒动是不足为
奇的。
surreal /sa'riial/ (also less frequent sur-real-is-tic) adj. very strange; more like
a dream than reality, with ideas and images mixed together in a strange way 离奇的；
怪诞的；梦幻般的；超现实的
surreal-ism /sa'riislizam/ noun [U] a 20th century
style and movement in art and literature in which images and events that are
not connected are put together in a strange or impossible way, like a dream, to
try to express what is happening deep in the mind 超现实主 义，超现实主义派（20世纪文艺流派，以离奇怪诞的方式
SYNONYMS同义词辨析
surprise
startle«amaze * stun »astonish «take sb aback«
astound
These
words all mean to make sb feel surprised.以上各 词均含使惊奇、使诧异之义。
surprise to give sb the feeling that you get
when sth happens that you do not expect or do not understand, or sth that you
do expect does not happen; to make sb feel
surprised指使惊奇、使诧异、使感到;i外：7>»e outcome didn’t
surprise me at a丨丨.这一结果完全在我的
意料之中。
startle to surprise sb suddenly
in a way that slightly shocks orfrightens them指惊■吓v.使吓一跳、使大匕一
惊：Sor〇/，/ cf/’£/n’f mefl/? to
starf/e yow.对不起，我木是
#心要吓‘你。.The exp/os/on sto/t/ecf fhe
horse.爆炸
声使马受了惊。
'amaze to surprise sb very much 指使惊奇、使惊愕、使
惊掩：Just the huge size of the place amazed her.』仪仅
地方之大就使她十分惊奇。
stun (rather informal) (often in newspapers)
to surprise or shock sb so much that they cannot think clearly or speak (常用于报章 >
指使震惊、使惊愕、使目瞪口呆
astonish to surprise sb very
much.指使十分惊讶、使大
为惊奇：77?e news tfston/shef/
everyone.这消息使大家
十分惊讶。
AMAZE
OR ASTONISH?用 amaze 还是 astonish
?：
These
two words have the same meaning and in most
2035 surrender value
把无关联的形象和事情串连在一起）►suneahistady. [usually
before noun] ： a surrealist
painter/painting 实主义画家/绘画 sur.rea丨.ist /7〇w/7 : the surrealist SaZvadorDaZi超现实主义画家萨尔瓦多•达利
surreal4s*tic
/sa.riia'listik/
adj. 1 = surreal 2 con- nected with
surrealism 超现实主义的：a surreafetfc pai/iti叩超现实主义绘画 sur-ren-der /s0'rend9(r)/ verb, noun m verb 1 ~ (yourself) (to sb) to admit that you have
been defeated and want to stop fighting; to allow yourself to be caught, taken
prisoner, etc.投 _ HT1 give in ： [V] 77ie rebe〖 soZdiers were/orced to
surrender•叛军被迫投
降。◊ [VN] The hijackers eventuaHy surrendered them- sdves to the poHce.劫机者最终向警；投降。2 [VN]〜sth/ sb (to sb) (formal) to give up sth/sb when
you are forced to (被迫）放弃，交出 BCCl
RELINQUISH:
He
agreed to surrender aH daims to the property.他同意放弃对那笔财
:产的一切权利要求。◊ They surrendered t/ieir guns to the poZice.他们向 _ 察交出 了枪。◊ 77ie de/endant
was released,
to await trial but had to surrender her passport. 被告被释放候审，但须交出护照。rarnW sur render to
sth | sur render yourself to sth (formal to stop trying to
prevent yourself from having a feeling, habit, etc. and
allow it to control what you do 听任（感情、’习:惯
等）摆布（或发展）：He _/iinaZZy surrendered
to /iis craving/or drugs, ftk最终克制不住，吸起毒来。
• noun [U, sing.] 1 ~ (to
sb/sth) an act of admitting that you have been defeated and want to stop
fighting 投 降：They demanded (cmj
unconditional surrender.他
if]要求无条件投降。2
the fact of Allowing yourself to be controlled by sth 屈服；屈从：They accused the government of a
surrender to business interests. ^ ^
责政府唯工商界的利益是从。3 ~ of sth (to sb) an
act of giving sth to sb else even though you do not want to, especially after a
battle, etcv.(尤舍在战争等过后厂放
弃，'交出：They insisted om the immediate surrender 〇/ aH
weapons.他们坚持要求立即交出全部武器。
surrender value noun the amount of money
that you get if you end a life insurance policy before its offi- cial end date (在到期之前终止人寿保险单所得的）解约
退还金，退保价值
cases you can use either. Astonish is in general slightly
less frequent than amaze, but if you are talking
about sth that both surprises you and makes you feel ashamed, it is more usual
to use astonish.上述两词意
思相同，多数情况下使用任何一个均可。astonish总的说 来比amaze的使用频率稍低。但如果指某事既使人惊愕
又使人羞愧则较常用 astonish: We was dwton/shet/ by Ws own rfwp/W/Yy. 4对i己的愚蠢感到十分震惊。
take sb aback [usually passive]
(especially of sth negative) to surprise or shock sb (.先指不if 的事）■使 大吃一惊、使震惊：We were rather taken aback by her host/7e •龜敌视的反应使我们大吃一惊。
asticmnd :to surprise or shock sb
very much 指使震惊、
使夫惊：His arrogance astounded hen 他的傲慢挺 震惊。
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
鼸 It
surprises
sb/startles sb/amazes sb/stuns sb/ astonishes sb/takes sb aback/astounds sb
■
to
surprise/startle/amaze/stun/astonish/astound sb that...
■
to surprise/amaze sb what/how ...
■
to surprise/startle/amaze/stun/astonish/astound
sb to know/find/learn/see/hear ...
■
to be surprised/startled/stunned into (doing) sth
■
to absolutely amaze sb/stun
sb/astonish sb/ astound sb
sth never ceases to surprise/amaze/astonish/
astound sb