n (1)惊奇(异，讶)，吃惊(feeling or emotion caused by sth sudden or unexpected)[U]：It caused some～. 那事引起了一定程度的惊奇。He heard the news without～. 他听了那消息竟未露出吃惊的样子。give sb a～by arriving early 提早到达以给某人一惊喜;look round at sb with～吃惊地回头看某人;look up in～吃惊地抬头看;To our～，he succeeded. 使我们惊讶的是他竟成功了。〖同〗amazement，wonder，astonishment，shock;

(2)使人感到吃惊(意外)的事件(物)(sth causes such feeling or emotion)[C]：Your success/letter was a delightful～. 你的成功/来信令人惊喜。some unpleasant～s 一些令人不快的事件;spring quite a～on sb 使某人大吃一惊;What a～to see you here! 在这儿见到你太意外了! The promotion was a～. 那次提升是意外的事。a～visit/attack/announcement 突然访问/进攻/宣布;a～party出人意料的聚会;

take sb/sth by surprise 1)使吃惊：His answer took us by～. 他的回答使我们大吃一惊。2)进行突然袭击：The enemy took the town by～. 敌人突然袭击占领了该镇。

vt(1)使惊奇(吃惊)(cause to feel surprised)[T+n]：The victory/The news/Your behaviour～d us. 这胜利/这消息/你的举止使我们吃惊。It wouldn't～me/I wouldn't be～d if he failed. 如果他失败了我不会感到惊奇的。He's～d to hear you say that/know about her death. 听见你说那事/听说她死了他很惊讶。We were～d by his actions. 他的行为令我们吃惊。I'm～d at his attitude/his doing such a thing. 我对他的态度/他做这种事感到吃惊。She's～d that he should press the suggestion. 他极力坚持这一提议使她感到吃惊。〖同〗astonish，startle，amaze，shock;

(2)冷不防撞见，突然袭击(find，come upon，or attack，without warning)[T+n，C+n+-ing]：He came back home early and～d a burglar. 他回家早，不想正撞上一个窃贼。～the enemy from the rear 从背后袭击敌人;

(3)出其不意地使某人做某事(lead sb，by means of surprise，into doing sth)[T+n+prep (into)]：～the suspect into a confession/the spy into betraying himself 用出其不意的办法使嫌疑人供认/间谍无意中暴露自己;The prisoner was～d into admitting his guilt.对该犯人使用了出其不意的方法使其供认了自己的罪行。

→sur′prised adj 惊奇(讶)的;意外的;surp′rising adj 令人惊奇(讶)的，出人意料的;sur′prisingly adv 令人惊奇(讶)地，出人意料地;sur′prisingness n 惊奇(讶)，出人意料;

【辨异】surprise与 amaze、astonish和astound的区别见ASTONISH。