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take someone aback phrasal verb with takeverbuk /teɪk/ us /teɪk/took | taken to surprise or shock someone so much that they do not know how to behave for a short time: 使(某人)大吃一惊 I was a little taken aback at the directness of the question.问题问得如此直接,让我有点儿吃惊。 The news really took us aback.这消息着实令我们吃了一惊。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Surprising and shocking against all expectationsphrase amaze amazing amazingly astonish dumbfounding dumbfoundingly dynamite earth-shaking earth-shattering one for the booksidiom pull pull something out of the bag/hatidiom raise (a few) eyebrowsidiom reality check turn-up for the book(s)idiom unbelievable walk walk in on someone world-shattering
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