| 单词 | to be agreeably surprised |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be agreeably surprised P1. to be agreeably surprised: to be unexpectedly surprised and pleased (by some event, esp. the discovery that something is better than anticipated). ΚΠ 1698 J. Crull Antient & Present State Muscovy I. xi. 320 Expecting every Moment to see them devoured by this Water-Dragon..they were agreeably surprized when they perceived the terrible Leviathan slain by his Conqueror [sc. St George]. 1786 F. Burney Court Jrnls. & Lett. (2011) I. 51 At the Desert, I was very agreeably surprised by the entrance of Sir Richard Jebb. 1840 T. Moore Mem. (1856) VII. 275 Russell's berth was..the chief object of our attention, and I was most agreeably surprised by its roominess. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xxi. 256 And yet you talk our language well—really very well. I am agreeably surprised. 2002 D. M. Kennedy et al. Amer. Pageant (ed. 14) I. 121/2 When..statesmen from widely separated colonies met around..council tables, they were often agreeably surprised by what they found. < as lemmas |
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