taken aback

taken aback

美/ ˈteɪkən əˈbæk /

简明

（be taken aback，常后接 by）感到惊讶，大吃一惊；常指因突然、意外或令人不快的事而震惊。
v.（take aback）使某人感到意外或吃惊，使某人大吃一惊。

英英释义

v.
- 1
  surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
  同义词：shock / stun / floor / ball over / blow out of the water

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权威例句

1
Even he might have been taken aback by the recipe concocted by Peter Ferlow.
就连他也可能会对彼得·费尔罗配制的食谱大吃一惊。
2
She was completely taken aback by his anger.
他的愤怒把她吓了一大跳。
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3
Roland was taken aback by our strength of feeling.
罗兰对我们感情的强烈程度感到很吃惊。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

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词源

1

From taken + aback, first attested in 1840.

FROM: wiktionary

2

来自taken + aback, 首次出现：1840.

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