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小学英语词汇趣谈 be taken aback 大吃一惊

发布时间：2009-12-23 编辑：查字典英语网小编

be taken aback 大吃一惊
The Manager was taken aback at the news that some company had already launched the product into the market. （当经理得知某公司已经把该产品投放市场时，他不禁大吃一惊。）
Dialogue:
Mary: Do you know what Jack has done to John’s daughter?
Sandy: Yeah. But I was completely taken aback at the news that he had killed Jenny.
Mary: That has taken many people by surprise. Nobody could believe that Jack would kill Jenny with whom he had been getting on like a house on fire.(交往得火热）
Sandy: No! And I can’t imagine how terrible John would feel.
Mary: He can’t be more saddened. Jenny was the apple of his eye,（他的掌上明珠） you know.
Sandy: Sure. The news is too much to bear. And Jenny’s mum must have been knocked into the middle of next week （被打得不省人事）by the news.
Mary: Well, better talk about something else. I can’t put up with this sort of violence.

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