aback

[əˈbæk] [əˈbæk]
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  • take someone aback
    shock or surprise someone 使某人震惊(吃惊)
英语四级真题
  • Of course, I had heard that genius could show itself at an early age, so I was only slightly taken aback that I had achieved perfection at the tender age of 14.
    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Of course, I had heard that genius could show itself at an early age, so I was only slightly taken aback that I had achieved perfection at the tender age of 14.
    2015年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
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英英词典释义
  • Adverb
    1. having the wind against the forward side of the sails;
    "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback"
    2. by surprise;
    "taken aback by the caustic remarks"