Word · Frequency #1807
Fully loadedsurprises
意外；意想不到的事
surprises is the plural of surprise.
an unexpected event or thing
- 1.
Something unexpected.
意想不到的事情
- 2.
The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
因意外之事而产生的感觉；惊讶
惊讶；诧异；意想不到的事情；因意外之事而产生的感觉；惊讶；惊奇；奇袭
In use
The party was a complete surprise to my sister.
She hid a small surprise in his lunchbox.
Life is full of surprises.
a surprise to/for sb
表示对某人来说是意外之事。
The news came as a surprise to everyone.
这个消息对每个人来说都是一个意外。
in surprise
用作状语，表示惊讶的状态。
She looked at him in surprise.
她惊讶地看着他。
take sb by surprise
固定短语，表示使某人大吃一惊。
The storm took us by surprise.
暴风雨让我们措手不及。
Connections
Collocations
- a pleasant surprise
- 一个惊喜
- The news was a pleasant surprise.这个消息是个惊喜。
- take someone by surprise
- 使某人措手不及
- The sudden storm took us by surprise.突如其来的暴风雨让我们措手不及。
- in surprise
- 惊讶地
- She looked at me in surprise.她惊讶地看着我。
- come as a surprise
- 令人意外
- His resignation came as a surprise to everyone.他的辞职令所有人感到意外。
- to my surprise
- 令我惊讶的是
- To my surprise, he agreed immediately.令我惊讶的是，他立刻同意了。
- element of surprise
Learner notes
Memory Tip
助记：sur-表“超过”，prise形似prize奖品——超预期的奖品让人惊讶。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、新闻报道、一般写作 surprise 作名词时通常为中性词，多用于日常口语和书面语；可指‘意想不到的事情’，也可指‘惊讶的感觉’，实际含义需根据上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with the final syllable of 'surprise' (/praɪz/): the stressed vowel is /aɪ/ and the final consonant is /z/. Words spelled with -ise or -ize can both have this sound. Warning: 'promise' /ˈprɒmɪs/ and 'precise' /prɪˈsaɪs/ are lookalikes that do not rhyme (ending in /ɪs/ or /aɪs/). Also, 'surprise' ends in a /z/ sound, not /s/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.