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aback adv.吃惊地；向后地；后退地 (1) 他似乎很吃惊。(2) 我是又喜又惊。(3) 他粗俗无礼，使我吃了一惊。(4) 王子离婚的消息让我们感到很吃惊。 When you see the adverb aback, it almost always follows the verb "to take." When you're taken aback, you're startled, often by another person's actions. If someone makes a rude comment at a dinner party, for example, you'll be taken aback. The word dates from about 1200, and it comes from the Old English on bæc, "at or on the back." It was first used as a nautical term for a strong wind flattening the sail against the ship's mast.

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英 [ə'bæk] 美 [ə'bæk] (1) He appeared taken aback.(2) I was both delighted and taken aback.(3) I was rather taken aback by his rudeness.(4) We were all taken aback by the news of Prince's divorce. To be taken aback is to be taken by surprise. You might be taken aback when your grandmother suddenly demonstrates her yodeling skills. 1[PHRASE 短语]吃惊，震惊（以至于无法立刻作出反应） If you are taken aback by something, you are surprised or shocked by it and you cannot respond at once.   [usu v-link PHR]Roland was taken aback by our strength of feeling...我们反应如此强烈，令罗兰大吃一惊。Derek was taken aback when a man answered the phone.德里克吓了一跳，居然是一个男的接的电话。

英语单词	aback
英美音标	英 [ə'bæk] 美 [ə'bæk]
中文释义	adv.吃惊地；向后地；后退地
英语例句	(1) He appeared taken aback. (2) I was both delighted and taken aback. (3) I was rather taken aback by his rudeness. (4) We were all taken aback by the news of Prince's divorce.
中文例句	(1) 他似乎很吃惊。 (2) 我是又喜又惊。 (3) 他粗俗无礼，使我吃了一惊。 (4) 王子离婚的消息让我们感到很吃惊。
vocabulary简明	To be taken aback is to be taken by surprise. You might be taken aback when your grandmother suddenly demonstrates her yodeling skills.
vocabulary扩展	When you see the adverb aback, it almost always follows the verb "to take." When you're taken aback, you're startled, often by another person's actions. If someone makes a rude comment at a dinner party, for example, you'll be taken aback. The word dates from about 1200, and it comes from the Old English on bæc, "at or on the back." It was first used as a nautical term for a strong wind flattening the sail against the ship's mast.
柯林斯解释	1 [PHRASE 短语]吃惊，震惊（以至于无法立刻作出反应） If you are taken aback by something, you are surprised or shocked by it and you cannot respond at once. [usu v-link PHR] Roland was taken aback by our strength of feeling... 我们反应如此强烈，令罗兰大吃一惊。 Derek was taken aback when a man answered the phone. 德里克吓了一跳，居然是一个男的接的电话。

Aback I 英 ə'Bæk] 美 ə'Bæk Adv.吃惊地；向后地；后退地 Appeared Delighted