Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #2416
surprising
令人惊讶的；出人意料的
causing surprise
- 1.
Causing surprise.
令人惊讶的。
令人惊讶的。；令人惊讶的
In use
It was surprising to see so many people at the early morning meeting.
The test results were surprising, showing a much higher pass rate than last year.
She gave me a surprising gift that I had never expected.
be surprising
The result was surprising.
结果令人惊讶。
find it surprising that...
it 作形式宾语，that 从句为真正宾语。
I find it surprising that he didn't call.
我惊讶于他没打电话。
it is surprising to do sth
it 作形式主语，不定式为真正主语。
It is surprising to see so many people here.
在这里看到这么多人真令人惊讶。
surprising + noun
surprising 直接修饰名词。
It was a surprising discovery.
这是一个令人惊讶的发现。
Common mistakes
It surprising me.It surprises me.
“surprising”是形容词，不能直接跟宾语；应用动词“surprises”表示“使惊讶”。
I am surprising at the news.I am surprised at the news.
“surprising”描述事物本身令人惊讶，而“surprised”描述人感到惊讶。
Connections
Collocations
- surprising result
- 令人惊讶的结果
- The experiment yielded a surprising result.实验得出了一个令人惊讶的结果。
- surprising fact
- 令人惊讶的事实
- It is a surprising fact that many people don't know.这是一个令人惊讶的事实，很多人不知道。
- surprising discovery
- 令人惊讶的发现
- The team made a surprising discovery in the ruins.团队在废墟中有了一个令人惊讶的发现。
- surprising turn of events
- 事态的惊人转折
- In a surprising turn of events, the underdog won the match.事态发生了惊人的转折，弱旅赢得了比赛。
- surprising amount
- 惊人的数量
- She has a surprising amount of energy for her age.以她的年龄来说，她有惊人的精力。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想surprise（惊喜），加上-ing，表示令人惊喜的。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：general use、news media、academic contexts 通常用于各种语境，无明显正式或非正式倾向。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words sharing the '-ising' spelling (arising, advising, comprising) rhyme with surprising. Words like passing, missing, pressing look similar but have different vowel sounds (/æ/, /ɪ/, /ɛ/ respectively) and do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
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