英语词汇“take someone/thing by surprise”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

take someone/thing by surprise

1Attack or capture someone or something unexpectedly: his flotilla was taken wholly by surprise when fired on by the British warships...

The security officials were taken by surprise by the attack.
The attack took the troops by surprise, but was no more successful than any of the previous offensives.
Some have accused Franklin D. Roosevelt of deliberately permitting the attack to take his forces by surprise so as to bring the United States into the war.

1.1 (take someone by surprise) Happen when someone is not prepared: the question took David by surprise...

My five-year-old son's question took me by surprise.
The question took Rebecca by surprise, and she was ashamed to admit the truth.
The question took Scott by surprise and he hesitated a moment before answering.

Synonyms

take aback, surprise, shock, stun, stagger, astound, astonish, startle;

dumbfound, daze, nonplus, stop someone in their tracks, stupefy, take someone's breath away;

shake (up), jolt, throw, unnerve, disconcert, disturb, disquiet, unsettle, discompose, bewilder

informal flabbergast, knock for six, knock sideways, knock out, floor, strike dumb

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单词	take someone/thing by surprise
释义	take someone/thing by surprise 1Attack or capture someone or something unexpectedly: his flotilla was taken wholly by surprise when fired on by the British warships... The security officials were taken by surprise by the attack. The attack took the troops by surprise, but was no more successful than any of the previous offensives. Some have accused Franklin D. Roosevelt of deliberately permitting the attack to take his forces by surprise so as to bring the United States into the war. 1.1 (take someone by surprise) Happen when someone is not prepared: the question took David by surprise... My five-year-old son's question took me by surprise. The question took Rebecca by surprise, and she was ashamed to admit the truth. The question took Scott by surprise and he hesitated a moment before answering. Synonyms take aback, surprise, shock, stun, stagger, astound, astonish, startle; dumbfound, daze, nonplus, stop someone in their tracks, stupefy, take someone's breath away; shake (up), jolt, throw, unnerve, disconcert, disturb, disquiet, unsettle, discompose, bewilder informal flabbergast, knock for six, knock sideways, knock out, floor, strike dumb See parent entry: surprise
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