首先,复习一下Surprise的用法
作为名词
It was a nice surprise:真是个好惊喜。
It was a terrible surprise:没意料到的坏事。
另外,别忘记surprises是可数名词,比如I had so many surprises on my birthday! 我生日有好多惊喜!
作为形容词
Surprised:被惊喜、被惊讶到了,形容人的感觉。
I was so surprised to run into him: 真没想到昨天会碰到他。
Surprising:让人惊喜、惊讶的,用于事物。
The final result was surprising for everyone: 最后的结果让所有人惊讶。
Surprise party:惊喜生日派对,名词形容词化使用。
作为动词
He surprised me with a marriage proposal:他向我惊喜求婚。
Surprise就说到这儿,其它还能用哪些词?
Shocked: 震惊(形容人的感受),通常用于不太好的惊讶,而不是惊喜
Shocking: 让人震惊的
Startled: 惊吓、被吓了一跳
Startling: 让人惊吓的、完全出人意料的,通常是比较负面的
Unexpected: 出人意料的。注意,这个词是形容让人出人意料的事情,而不是你的感受。要说Something was unexpected, 而不是someone was unexpected.
再学些好玩的词!
Flabbergasted: 大吃一惊
Dumbfounded: 目瞪口呆
Stupefied: 惊呆了,匪夷所思
这三个词都是形容人的感受。用在句子里,可以这么说:
I was+..., 比如I was so flabbergasted by the news.
最后学几个短语
首先看两个俚语
Out of the blue:出乎意料、非常突然。常用在一个很久没联络的老朋友突然联系你。这个短语千万别忘了中间的the。
My old college roommate contacted me today out of the blue.
Out of nowhere: 意思和out of the blue非常像,更多用于形容实际物体或者一个想法突然显现。
最后,学几个短句
注意,时态基本都是用过去时
I didn't see it coming: 我完全没料到
I totally didn't expect that:同上
I never could have guessed:同上
Who knew? 谁知道会这样?
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