| 词汇 | eye-opener |
| 释义 | eye-opener noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˈaɪˌəʊ.pən.ər/ us /ˈaɪˌoʊ.pən.ɚ/ something that surprises you and teaches you new facts about life, people, etc.: 使人大开眼界的事物；有启发性的东西 Living in another country can be a real eye-opener.在外国生活确实可以令人大开眼界。 a surprise surpriseThe announcement that she was leaving the post was a surprise to us all. shockIt will be a terrible shock if their income is cut. kickerUSThe kicker is that even after six rounds of interviews, she still wasn't a finalist for the job. a rude awakeningShe'll be in for a rude awakening when she has to pay her own bills. eye-openerHis unauthorized biography was a real eye-opener. news to meSarah is leaving? Well that's news to me. Surprising and shocking against all expectationsphrase amaze amazing amazingly astonish dumbfounding dumbfoundingly dynamite earth-shaking earth-shattering pull pull something out of the bag/hatidiom raise (a few) eyebrowsidiom reality check sensationalist turn-up for the book(s)idiom unbelievable walk walk in on someone world-shattering eye-opener | American Dictionaryeye-opener noun[ C ] us/ˈɑɪˌoʊ·pə·nər/ infml something that is surprising and that teaches you something new Examples of eye-openereye-opener For those who maintain an illusion of tight control, the book will be an eye-opener. It was an eye-opener; everything we were doing was first off. That was quite an eye-opener. For me, the visit was a real eye-opener. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I believe that it will be an eye-opener. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it would be a real eye-opener to the average member of a congregation, and it is very important that we learn its lessons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No doubt for many people it will be an eye-opener to see how expensive even the small repairs can be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It can be quite an eye-opener to see what, for example, acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy or osteopathy can do where orthodox methods have failed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their report, one year on, upon their 1993 national conference is an absolute eye-opener. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was an eye-opener for me in many ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may provide them with an eye-opener in terms of good practice in the provision of child care nurseries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was quite an eye-opener, which would not be noticed except by someone confronted with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I must say that yesterday's visit was a most splendid eye-opener as regards improvement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the question of prices, whatever view we may take, there has been a great eye-opener as to what would happen if we had war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a tremendous eye-opener for me, to learn what was in the minds of those children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of eye-opener 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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