surprising

/səˈpraɪzɪŋ/

意味: 驚かせている

例文: The news is surprising everyone.
　　  その知らせは皆を驚かせている。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: surprising result(驚くべき結果), surprising news(驚くべきニュース), surprising discovery(驚くべき発見)

定義: 予想外のことが起こるときに使う言葉です。何かが思っていたよりも違っていたり、驚くべきことが起こったときに「驚くべき」と表現します。

surprisingは約50,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Verb: cause to be surprised
Verb: come upon or take unawares
Verb: attack by storm; attack suddenly
Adjective: causing surprise or wonder or amazement

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

Verb: The news really surprised me
Verb: She surprised the couple
Verb: He surprised an interesting scene
Adjective: the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data
Adjective: leaped up with surprising agility
Adjective: she earned a surprising amount of money

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): storm, surprise, surprising

Antonyms(反意語): unsurprising

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): act, affect, attack

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): act on, alienate, alternate, antagonize, anticipate, attack, awaken, begin, behave, besiege, blitz, bombard, cannonade, cloud, coact, come close, come to the fore, condescend, continue, cope, counterattack, court, create, dally, dare, deal, dispatch, disturb, do well, effect, egotrip, engrave, evade, exert, finish up, force, gas, get around to, go, go ahead, go off half-cocked, guard, hit home, impress, infect, interact, interrupt, invade, jar, lord it over, make a point, make bold, maneuver, misbehave, move, participate, partner, pepper, perform, perpetrate, pierce, play, play it by ear, prosecute, race, raid, rampage, react, reciprocate, repeat, reward, rush, sadden, satisfice, set about, smite, sneak, stampede, storm, strafe, strike, strike dumb, submarine, surprise, sweep away, take, take care, take time by the forelock, torpedo, touch, try, use, volunteer, wait, woo, zap

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): amaze, blindside, catch, explode a bombshell, flabbergast, shock

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: storm, surprisal, surprise, surpriser, surprisingness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ing

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: surprise