The castle was taken by surprise attack.
The movement took him by surprise, and he pitched forward.
take unawares or by surprise; cause to be surprised.
Suddenly we heard the shriek of unwary animal taken by surprise
On a wild night our regiment take the fort by surprise.
The last-minute rise in government-issue quotations had taken many indiscriminate speculators by surprise, and they had crashed badly.
The bride is taken by surprise, by hands down the crummiest friends you could have, and covered from head to toe with all kinds of crap.
The Thank you card really caught me by surprise. I opened it and read the message, "Thank you for the lovely fruit basket you left on our porch."
Spring has been slow arriving in England this year,so a cloudless day and a temperature of 23 degree celsius caught most runners in the annual London Marathon by surprise．
Each higher vocational college should build up the brand idea, forge brand characteristics, establish management strategies of brand which can defeat other higher vocational colleges by surprise actions if they want to develop one school of their own in the drastic competition in higher education.
take by surprise; startle
This has taken some analysts by surprise.
In his first film, he took America by surprise.
This neon fairy dress just caught Mr. Dong Zhongyuan by surprise and won him by chance.
Chinatook markets by surprise at the weekend, lifting the ratio of reserves that Banks must hold by 100 basis points.
A bad smell came to his face. The strong smell caught him by surprise and he vomited out at once.
She realized that pleasure came by surprise, that happiness was a spirit that descented unawares, and seldom when it was sought.
They had been doing fairly well in government bond speculation of late, and now, with a female spy in his service, he should be able to take the enemy by surprise.
Although simple and ordinary story, article no fancy decorations, but let people because of his struggles, ideals, kindness, truth, plain, simple and honest... and so we can all be moved to ah!
This is a good panda.
To ensure success, we'll have to take them by surprise.
The guide's familiarity with the classical culture took the scholar by surprise.
Time travels fast, and when it passes, we don't look back, and then we are caught by surprise.
A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy, as by surprise raids.
Well, after the Communist army occupied Taichung Port and Qingquangang Base in Taichung, the ten Corps in the central part of the country were caught by surprise, and the situation of the Kuomintang Army turned into a disadvantage.
The thief was taken by surprise.
He often expected to take the essentials by surprise, by an amusing stratagem.
Ever so often, I would get questions reflecting a deep sense of curiosity which took me by surprise.
I stepped forward to where the Moor was, and took him by surprise with my arm under his twist, and tossed him clear overboard into the sea.
The boys had been quite moved, listening to her talk, and this abrupt change of mood took them by surprise. Finally, Chueh-hui, the more quick-witted of the two, managed a brief reply. "Not bad. He said he saw you the other day."
The challenger took the champion by surprise by beating him.
Like almost everyone else, they were caught by surprise and the New Zealand dollar softened.
The pole shift will certainly not take mankind by surprise, as it is preceded by 3 days of darkness and 6 days of sunrise West in the northern hemisphere.
He won by surprise tactics.
The town was well defended so there was little chance of taking it by surprise.
As a prince in a town, Cangyue was relied on as the Great Wall by all previous generations. No one expected that he would rebel, which caught the empire by surprise.
The act of lying in wait to attack by surprise.
The village was quiet again in the peaceful night, except for a trace of gunpowder in the air.
The armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack.
defeat ... by surprise attack
Named after its destructive path through Long Island, New York, and New England, the Long Island Express (a.k.a. the New England Hurricane of 1938) caught northeastern residents by surprise.
win the battle by surprise tactics
France and Germany took observers, and markets, by surprise by notching up small increases in economic growth for the second quarter, and so exiting recession.
To seize Ankang, the main thing is air raid. Only by surprise can we get away with it.
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