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Surprisingly High 英 Sə'Praɪzɪŋli] 美 Sə'Praɪzɪŋli Adv.惊人地;意外地 I Found

英语单词 surprisingly
英美音标 英 [sə'praɪzɪŋli] 美 [sə'praɪzɪŋli]
中文释义 adv.惊人地;意外地
英语例句 (1) I found him surprisingly well informed on current world politics.
(2) These figures are surprisingly high and they'll have to be verified.
(3) She surprisingly made no objection.
(4) It was a bad crash, but surprisingly there were no fatalities.
(5) No surprisingly, the first stroke he mastered was the backstroke.
中文例句 (1) 我发现他对于当前世界政治惊人地熟悉。
(2) 这些数字高得惊人,必须予以核实。
(3) 令人感到意外地她没有表示反对。
(4) 这是一起严重的相撞事故,但却意外地无一死亡。
(5) 不出意外地,他掌握的第一个泳姿就是仰泳。
vocabulary简明 When something happens in a way that amazes you, use the adverb surprisingly, like when you find the kids at your new school to be surprisingly friendly.
vocabulary扩展 If a situation is surprising, it is completely unexpected — and you can say that it happens surprisingly. You might discover that the day is surprisingly warm, and you don't need your furry hat after all; or you may realize that college is surprisingly difficult after you breezed through high school. The French root word is surprise, "a taking unawares," which comes from surprendre, "to overtake." Surprisingly is surprisingly old, dating from the 1600's.

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