| 词汇 | much to somebody's surprise/embarrassment etc |
| 释义 | much to somebody's surprise/embarrassment etcmuch to somebody's surprise/embarrassment etc formalVERY used to say that someone feels very surprised, embarrassed etc when something happens 令某人大为吃惊/非常尴尬等的是 Much to my relief, the conversation turned to another topic. 谈话内容转到其他话题上去了，让我大大松了口气。 Examples from the Corpus much to somebody’s surprise/embarrassment etc• And he was still sober, much to her surprise.• And much to everyone's surprise he won it.• A week later, much to my surprise, I was told my order must be changed.• But he has written a steamy thriller, much to the surprise of his conservative minions.• So now he is clubbed to death instead, much to the surprise of the audience.• Those questions were asked in front of a packed gymnasium, much to the Surprise of the state officials who attended.• Pitsligo died there in 1767, head, much to his surprise, still firmly attached to his unrepentant shoulders. → much to somebody’s surprise/embarrassment etc at much1(3) |
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