surprising

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

surprise,吃驚，意外，-ing,形容詞後綴。

surprising (adv.)

1660s, present participle adjective from surprise (v.). Related: Surprisingly.

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。

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2. It would be surprising were the Mafia not to have muscled in.

如果黑手黨不插上一腳，那反倒令人奇怪了。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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