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BNC: 2416 COCA: 2785

surprising

surprising /sɚˈpraɪzɪŋ/ adjective
surprising
/sɚˈpraɪzɪŋ/
adjective
Learner's definition of SURPRISING
[more surprising; most surprising]
: unexpected or unusual : causing surprise使人惊奇的;令人惊讶的;出人意料的

— surprisingly

/sɚˈpraɪzɪŋli/ adverb
BNC: 2416 COCA: 2785

surprising

adjective

sur·​pris·​ing sər-ˈprī-ziŋ How to pronounce surprising (audio)
sə-
: of a nature that excites surprise

Example Sentences

It's not surprising that he doesn't want to go. The changes to the campus were surprising. He shows a surprising lack of concern for others. A surprising number of people were laid off at the factory.
Recent Examples on the Web Finding phosphate on the moon, where the mineral prospers, was not surprising, but the columnar crystal form was new to scientists. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2022 The level of trust Monroe County residents have in the nuclear reactor is surprising considering that the first version, Fermi I, suffered a partial meltdown on Oct. 5, 1966. Mark Naida, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 What was surprising, Hashmi and Favola said, was Kiggans’s support for a $70 million audit of the 2020 election proposed by Sen. Amanda F. Chase (R-Chesterfield), which was rejected by all but four Republicans. Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022 That is not surprising, because consumer services, like travel and dining out at restaurants, are still recovering from the complete collapse during the early part of the pandemic. Gad Levanon For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 But this drop has been uneven—the biggest drop has been for the lowest-performing students, which isn’t necessarily surprising because the lowest-performing students were probably less engaged in school. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2022 Speck is a big fan of space, which isn’t surprising. Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Sep. 2022 Ironically, though, early versions of one of the highest configurations of the XPS 13 Plus have a problem that's surprising for a laptop with its background. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2022 What was surprising was that others also stopped dividing at the same point. Laura Ungar, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1614, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of surprising was in 1614
BNC: 2416 COCA: 2785
surprising

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBSbe, seem令人吃驚;好像令人吃驚make sth使⋯令人吃驚find sth發覺⋯出人意料ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常令人吃驚a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些令人吃驚hardly, not altogether, not at all, not entirely, not really, not totally, scarcely不怎麼令人吃驚;不太令人吃驚;一點兒也不令人吃驚;不足為奇It is hardly surprising that these stories continue to circulate.這些謠言仍在流傳,不足為奇。

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