艾伦秀第192期:太丢人了

1、surprise

意想不到的事;突如其来的事;令人惊奇的事(或消息等)

I have a surprise for you: We are moving to Switzerland!

我有一个惊喜的消息要告诉你：我们要搬去瑞士了！

It may come as a surprise to some that a normal, healthy child is born with many skills.

一个身体健康正常的小孩天生就会许多技能，这或许会令有些人感到惊奇。

惊奇;惊讶;诧异

The Foreign Office in London has expressed surprise at these allegations.

位于伦敦的英国外交部对这些说法表示惊讶。

'You mean he's going to vote against her?' Scobie asked in surprise.

斯科比惊讶地问道：“你是说他会投她的反对票吗？”

使惊奇;使诧异;使感到意外

We'll solve the case ourselves and surprise everyone.

我们要自己解决这件事，然后让所有人感到吃惊。

It surprised me that a driver of Alain's experience should make those mistakes.

令我惊讶的是像阿兰这样经验丰富的司机竟然会犯那样的错误。

2、pull up

（车或驾车者）减速停下

The cab pulled up and the driver jumped out.

出租车减速停下，司机跳了出来。

（使）突然停下；（使）猛地停住

Suddenly, he pulled up sharply in his stride, and fell to the floor.

突然，原本大步流星的他猛地停住了脚步，倒在了地上。

She recognized at the same instant Rachel's presence. It pulled her up short.

雷切尔一出现她就认出她来了，随即停下了手中的活儿。

提高；改进

We had a very good mathematics mistress who pulled me up.

我们有个很出色的女数学老师，她帮我提高了水平。

He was made redundant and now he's trying to pull himself up again.

他之前作为冗员被裁，现在他正试图再一次奋发图强。