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surprise

/sɚpraɪz/

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variant 1: surprised

1 · verb

cause to be surprised

这句话「我非常惊讶听到他在车祸中受重伤」，

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I am very much surprised to hear that he got badly injured in a motorcar accident.

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他因车祸受了重伤的消息让我震惊万分。

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