| 词汇 | aback |
| 释义 | aback adverb uk /əˈbæk/ us /əˈbæk/ be taken aback to be very shocked or surprised: 大吃一惊;震惊 I was somewhat taken aback by her honesty.她的坦诚让我大吃一惊。 Surprised agape aghast amazed appalled astonished flabbergasted flat-footed gobsmacked goggle-eyed headlight horror of horrorsidiom jaw not know what hit youidiom open-eyed open-mouthed palpitation pearl-clutching someone's jaw drops (open)idiom stalk you have (got) to be kiddingidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making people sad, shocked and upset Examples of abackaback I was at first taken aback, not quite sure what was going on. The arguments confounded many, and the western press was taken aback. That took us all aback, but they are experiences that are remembered with a degree of pleasure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that everyone here was taken aback by this enumeration of the amendments that have been refused, often without very detailed explanations. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I am equally grateful, though slightly taken aback, that he has answered them as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was a little taken aback to see that we had been relegated to the last page and almost the last paragraph. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was always taken aback by the lack of knowledge of local people about what was going on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was a little taken aback suddenly to find that he had tabled early-day motion 1809. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was taken aback and began saying something about not being a legal expert. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I never cease to be taken aback by the role of psychiatrists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was a little taken aback by that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not children; we know what is going on in politics, and we are rather taken aback at his attitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was taken aback at first, but have gradually come round to his way of thinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was taken aback when the announcement of the chairman was made this morning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were taken aback because many small businesses, especially new businesses, could have been landed with unknown, potentially damaging cash liabilities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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