surprise /səˈpraiz/ I. vt. 1.使惊奇，使震惊：The victory greatly surprised us. 胜利使我们很震惊。surprised me was that he spoke English so well. 使我惊奇的是他英语说得这么好。surprise with 出其不意地：They surprised me with a visit. 他们出其不意地来看我。 2.感到惊奇(用于过去分词作表语，跟不定式、从句和at短语）：I’m surprised to hear you say that. 听到你说那件事我很惊奇。I’m surprised you didn’t see all that before. 我很惊奇你从前没有见过这一切。We were surprised at finding the house empty.我们惊奇地发现那房子空着。 3. 撞上某人(做某事)： surprise a thief 碰上一小偷 Mother surprised me raiding the icebox. 母亲碰上我正在翻冰箱。 4.对…发起突然袭击：surprise the enemy from the rear 从尾部袭击敌人 ‖II. n. 1.［u］惊奇;［c］使人吃惊的事: His face showed a surprise at the news. 听到这消息他脸上露出惊奇的神色。What a surprise to see you here! 在这儿见到你真出乎我们意料! 2.出人意料的(用作定语)：He paid them a surprise visit. 他对他们进行了出乎意料的访问。in surprise 惊奇地：“How do you come to know it?” asked the man in surprise. 那人惊奇地问“你怎么知道的?” to one’s surprise 使人吃惊的是：To our surprise he succeeded. 使我们吃惊的是他成功了。take sb. by surprise使某人吃惊：His answer took us by surprise. 他的回答使我们吃惊。
surprising adj.令人惊讶的：surprising news惊人的消息
surprisingly adv. 令人惊讶地：［考句］ Not surprisingly, the process of choosing names varies widely from culture to culture.不足为奇，每种文化都有自己起名字的方法，其差别很大。
［辨析］surprise 常用来表示暂时的令人震惊的事。astonish 语气就强一些，表示一个人对意外事件非同一般的反映。amaze 指面对一项似乎不可能发生的事而表现的惊异与惶恐。
