Surprising
[sə'praɪzɪŋ] or [sɚ'praɪzɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) causing surprise or wonder or amazement; 'the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data'; 'leaped up with surprising agility'; 'she earned a surprising amount of money' .
校對:鲁珀特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surprise
(a.) Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger.
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[See SUCCUMB]
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例句/造句/用法:
- By accident the noose fell squarely about the running ape's neck, bringing him to a sudden and surprising halt. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The tea had a surprising effect in making him stupid; because it made him sober. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- This perhaps was not altogether surprising. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It is not surprising that so many political inventions have been made within these movements, fostered by them, and brought to a general public notice through their efforts. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Knew him, and--more surprising still--FEARED him as well! 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I tried to explain, it was so very simple, but the results were so surprising they made up their minds probably that they never would understand it--and they didn't. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Hence it is not surprising that men have not recognized its full scope. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The pamphlet had a sudden and surprising effect. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- No third person, except her maid, could have any excuse for surprising us here. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Please to begin surprising me, sir, as soon as you can. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I don't regret that I have not a strong will and an immense power of business detail to throw myself into objects with surprising ardour. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- That was a falsehood, but then I was not going to let any man eclipse me on surprising adventures, merely for the want of a little invention. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Smith was selected for the delicate duty of manning the boats and surprising the enemy's pickets on the south bank of the river. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- There's nothing very surprising in the matter that I can see, said Caleb Garth. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- There was nothing very surprising in that; but again, I was rather surprised, when he said, as if he were animated by a brilliant idea,-- Let's go in! 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The total is a surprising catalogue of industries for the young Clifton Director. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- But this is not surprising, for we do not even know of what use they are. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- It is surprising how little narrow walls and a low ceiling matter, when the roof of the soul has suddenly been raised. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- A surprising spirit in this lonely woman after so many years of hard working, and hard living, my Lords and Gentlemen and Honourable Boards! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It is surprising how many large enterprises and fortunes depend upon some few simple trade secrets the knowledge of which has baffled competition and crushed all rivalry. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- When we took up the carpet last year, Mr. Jennings, we found a surprising quantity of pins. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Well, said she, this is--most surprising--most painful--most extraordinary--what will Papa say? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The herrings had been kept in an open vessel exposed to the air ever since the day they were put into the liquid, and therefore it was not surprising that they had lost their flavor. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- She had seen him handle tools that he had borrowed to mend the mangle, or to knock a broken piece of furniture together, in a surprising manner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Imagination can figure nothing so grand, so surprising, and so astonishing! 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Now it is obvious, that every thing useful, beautiful or surprising, agrees in producing a separate pleasure and agrees in nothing else. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Some surprising uses are found for adding machines. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This greater variability in mongrels than in hybrids does not seem at all surprising. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Against such opposition it was not surprising that the bill failed of passage that year. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The approach _now_, is one of the finest things in the country: you see the house in the most surprising manner. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
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