Definition
“意想不到”意为unexpected,强调事情的结果完全超出预想,常在句中作定语或谓语。它与“突然”不同:后者强调时间上的骤然变化;“意外”可作名词(事故),而“意想不到”不能。此外,“出人意料”与之近义但更书面化,“不可思议”则语势更强(近乎难以置信)。
phrase
unexpectedunthinkablebeyond expectation
Examples
- 意想不到。yì xiǎng-bú dào de shìqíng fāshēng le.An unexpected thing happened.
- 意想不到。Tā gěi wǒ dài lái le yí gè yì xiǎng-bú dào de jīngxǐ.He brought me an unexpected surprise.
- 意想不到。Zhège jiéguǒ zhēn shì yì xiǎng-bú dào.This result is truly unexpected.
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