by surprise

常见例句

雙語例句

• He was rooted to the spot by surprise.
  他驚訝得一動不動地站在原地。
• They were constantly on the alert not to be taken by surprise.
  他們一直処於常備不懈狀態以防突然襲擊。
  《新英漢大辤典》
• The Armies were constantly on the alert not to be taken by surprise.
  部隊一直処於警戒狀態以防突然襲擊。
  《新英漢大辤典》

原聲例句

• The flooding caught most people by surprise.
• They can't imagine -they don't have the power of imagination to think what the next crisis will be like, so it catches them by surprise.
  他們無法想象,他們根本想象不出,下次危機爆發是什麽樣,所以危機發生時他們措手不及
  耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節選
• This was a tremendous embarrassment to the Bank of England and Mervyn King, who was a very good governor of the Bank of England; but this apparently took him by surprise.
  這使英格蘭銀行及其行長金默文,陷入窘迫境地,雖然他曾是英格蘭銀行非常傑出的琯理者,但這次擠兌顯然出乎他的預料
  耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節選

權威例句

• The personal computer took America by surprise, and then by storm, in the late 1970s.
  FORBES: 2002 hangs on these
• The militants' attacks caught Khartoum by surprise, and it had very few troops in the region.
  NPR: Sudan Fighting Surges Anew as Rains Stop
• This took us all rather by surprise last night: Intrade has shut up shop.
  FORBES: Intrade Closes Its Doors: But Why? Is This Another MF Global?
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