| 词汇 | catch by surprise |
| 释义 | catch by surprisecatch by surprise 1 catch somebody off guard, catch somebody napping/unawares catch somebody by surprise (also catch somebody on the hop British EnglishBrE)EXPECT to do something or to happen when someone is not expecting it or prepared for it 使某人吃惊，使某人措手不及 Her question caught him off guard. 她的问题让他措手不及。 Examples from the Corpus catch somebody by surprise, catch somebody off guard, catch somebody napping/unawares• My pregnancy caught us by surprise, but we're happy about it.• The public's reaction obviously caught the governor off guard. → catch somebody by surprise, catch somebody off guard, catch somebody napping/unawares at catch1(1) 2 SURPRISEDto happen unexpectedly 出乎某人意料 The question took her by surprise. 这个问题使她猝不及防。 Examples from the Corpus take/catch somebody by surprise• In consequence, untold numbers of sailors died when their destinations suddenly loomed out of the sea and took them by surprise.• Inspector Montgomery's sudden termination of the interview had taken her by surprise initially, but now she understood his strategy.• Welch and I had a rather heated exchange about the appropriateness of his editorial interference, which had caught me by surprise.• He caught me by surprise and I sounded foolish.• The hug takes him by surprise.• He rolled towards Lily, taking her by surprise.• The thought that had been waiting to be revealed, waiting to take him by surprise.• His deep voice took Romanov by surprise. → take/catch somebody by surprise at surprise1(1) |
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