| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_surprise |
| 释义 | a surpriseThese words refer to things that shock you because you did not expect them. The most common word for this, and the one with the broadest meaning, is surprise. A surprise can be pleasant or unpleasant. The announcement that she was leaving the post was a surprise to us all. What a wonderful surprise! An unpleasant surprise is often described as a shock. It will be a terrible shock if their income is cut. In informal US English, something that is surprising can be called a kicker. USThe kicker is that even after six rounds of interviews, she still wasn't a finalist for the job. The expression a rude awakening is sometimes used if someone has an unpleasant surprise when they discover the truth about a situation. She'll be in for a rude awakening when she has to pay her own bills. You can also use the word eye-opener to describe something that surprises you because it reveals new facts or information about someone or something. His unauthorized biography was a real eye-opener. If you want to say informally that an event is a surprise to you, you can use the expression be news to. Sarah is leaving? Well that's news to me. You can use the idiom a bolt from the blue or the noun thunderbolt for something that is a surprise because you were not expecting it at all. The news of his marriage was a bolt from the blue. His resignation was a thunderbolt that shocked the whole company. Something that is so surprising that it is almost difficult to believe is sometimes described as a miracle. Miracle is used of good or lucky things. It's a miracle that she survived the accident. |
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