| 词汇 | something of a shock/surprise etc |
| 释义 | something of a shock/surprise etcsomething of a shock/surprise etc QUITE/FAIRLY formal used to say that something is a shock, surprise etc, but not completely or not in a strong or severe way 某事有点令人吃惊/意外等 The news came as something of a surprise. 这消息让人感到有点意外。 Examples from the Corpus came as something of• The feel of his strong fingers enclosing her small palm came as something of a shock to her system.• That she was shocked came as something of a shock to me, too.• At the time it came as something of a shock.• Even though I thought I was becoming immune to surprises from this species, what happened came as something of a shock.• The tapes came as something of a shock.• In this context, the impact of area-promoting advertising came as something of a surprise.• Jim and his wife Jan have been married for 18 years and the baby came as something of a surprise.• Some of their views came as something of a surprise. → something of a shock/surprise etc at something(12) |
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