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a. 令人惊讶的



    surprising
    [ adj ]
    causing surprise or wonder or amazement
    <adj.all>
    the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual dataleaped up with surprising agility
    she earned a surprising amount of money


    Surprise \Sur*prise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surprised}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Surprising}.] [From {Surprise}, n.: cf. F.
    surprendre, p. p. surpris.]
    1. To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take
    unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.

    Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. --Isa.
    xxxiii. 14.

    The castle of Macduff I will surprise. --Shak.

    Who can speak
    The mingled passions that surprised his heart?
    --Thomson.

    2. To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by
    something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound;
    as, his conduct surprised me.

    I am surprised with an uncouth fear. --Shak.

    Up he starts,
    Discovered and surprised. --Milton.

    3. To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to
    bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as,
    to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into
    generosity.

    4. To hold possession of; to hold. [Obs.]

    Not with me,
    That in my hands surprise the sovereignity. --J.
    Webster.

    Syn: See {Astonish}.


    Surprising \Sur*pris"ing\, a.
    Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite
    wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising
    escape from danger. -- {Sur*pris"ing*ly}, adv. --
    {Sur*pris"ing*ness}, n.

    Syn: Wonderful; extraordinary; unexpected; astonishing;
    striking.

    1. The dollar shed nearly three pfennig and about one and a half yen overall, surprising many traders who had expected the U.S. currency to test the upper end of its range.
    2. "Most of what Greenspan said was constructive, but not surprising," said Mr. Solloway.
    3. A surprising number of people cannot remember.
    4. The price drops weren't surprising in the wake of an industry report on U.S. oil inventories considered bearish by many traders.
    5. "It was surprising to hear the options broached.
    6. Eurodollar bond prices were marked significantly lower, and one of the few major new issues, by Shell Canada Ltd., encountered resistance, surprising many dealers.
    7. But Mr. Hurt, under Randa Haines's understated direction, gives this character surprising humanity.
    8. But Jackson rode strong urban support into a surprising second place and 14 delegates.
    9. He is the Conservatives' ace. What is surprising is that Labour failed to prepare itself for all this.
    10. If a company does only short-term, incremental innovation, it is failing to prepare for the future. It is hastening the inevitable decline of its business. Most radical innovations are less surprising than they seem.
    11. With European elections looming, it is hardly surprising that the government used yesterday's first-quarter growth figures as an excuse to trumpet recovery.
    12. To be fair, if we're going to have government review of mergers it's not surprising that the business strategy of Raymond Syufy sounded alarm bells.
    13. It is hardly surprising that Mr Patten will mount as presidential a campaign as is possible in Britain. Presidential but not regal.
    14. This failure of leadership was not surprising, because "the emperor who yielded to Ambrose, the Bishop of Milan, could hardly have held his ground against the Visigoths.
    15. The campaign to limit congressional terms is showing surprising life, and even if it fails it could force incumbents to once again pay attention to the wishes of those the Founders intended to be the major actors in American politics: the citizens.
    16. "It's rather a litle surprising and impressive," Goldman said.
    17. The sharp rise in soybean futures prices was especially surprising because it followed reports of larger-than-expected domestic stockpiles of soybean oil and soybean meal.
    18. One industry analyst said the announcement is not surprising.
    19. After 16 years of Marxist rule, it is not surprising that trade unions in West Bengal are more powerful than their counterparts in other Indian states.
    20. School administrators say they find nothing surprising in the similarity in costs, and they say there is a strong motivation to keep tuitions in line with schools with which they compete for students.
    21. Millard Phelps, an analyst at Hambrecht & Quist, said Advanced Micro's announcement wasn't surprising.
    22. Given the tensions between the Bundesbank and Kohl, however, it would be surprising if the chancellor turned up to listen.
    23. Summer is also the time to sniff the lemon-ice scent of the grandifloras and to look at some surprising newcomers, Brooklynensis Grex.
    24. The selection of Costa Rica and Panama as sites for Taiwanese EPZs was not so surprising.
    25. However, it did put one of its own men in as managing director just over a year ago, and it would be surprising if Sir Ewen were given as free a hand as his predecessor, the great great great great grandson of Coutts' founder.
    26. A more surprising finding came when biochemists in Houston and Chicago teased the Lp(a) particle apart into its constituent fats, cholesterol and proteins.
    27. People believed he could never be caught by a white man's bullet. "It was surprising that the song turned out very short and was written from the point of view of the officer chasing him.
    28. It would be surprising if she were not to take the opportunity to belabour the European Union for its interventionism, protectionism, et al.
    29. It's a surprising message for 1988.
    30. Though an animal of surprising quickness and speed, the buffalo has never been as challenging as, say, whitetail deer.
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