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blindsiding
present participle ofblindside
blindside
verb[ T ]
USuk /ˈblaɪnd.saɪd/ us /ˈblaɪnd.saɪd/
to surprise someone, usually with harmful results: 偷袭；出其不意地打击
The recession blindsided a lot of lawyers who had previously taken for granted their comfortable income.经济衰退出其不意地打击了那些先前想当然地认为自己应获得丰厚收入的律师们。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Surprising and shocking
against all expectationsphrase
amaze
amazing
amazingly
astonish
dumbfounding
dumbfoundingly
dynamite
earth-shaking
earth-shattering
one for the booksidiom
pull
pull something out of the bag/hatidiom
raise (a few) eyebrowsidiom
reality check
turn up (somewhere)
turn-up for the book(s)idiom
unbelievable
walk
walk in on someone
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