surprising

surprising

英 [sə'praɪzɪŋ]
　　美 [sɚ'praɪzɪŋ]

adj. 令人驚訝的；意外的
　　v. 使驚奇；意外發現（surprise的ing形式）

中文詞源：

surprising 吃驚的，驚訝的

surprise,吃驚，意外，-ing,形容詞後綴。

例句：

1. A surprising number of customers order the same sandwich every day.
每天點同一種三明治的顧客多得驚人。

2. It would be surprising were the Mafia not to have muscled in.
如果黑手黨不插上一腳，那反倒令人奇怪瞭。

3. She'd mentioned it casually once, surprising him by her unconcern.
她曾隨口提到過，當時她的冷漠很讓他吃驚。

4. It is not surprising they did so badly in last year's elections.
他們在去年選舉中如此糟糕的表現並不奇怪。

5. A surprising number of ailments are caused by unsuspected environmental factors.
有大量疾病是由不明環境因素造成的。