great surprise

The three monks are eager to fetch water, but, to their great surprise, the water in the river has become too black to drink at all.

三个和尚都迫切愿意去取水，但是让他们吃惊的是，河里的水已经变得太黑根本没法喝。

It comes as no great surprise that many markets are still struggling.

许多国家的住房市场仍然在挣扎，这没什么好大惊小怪的。

I had great fun yesterday evening learning some of the string figures out of 'Mathematical Recreations'... I have been made a school prefect this term, to my great surprise as I wasn't even a house-prefect last term. Last term they started having at least two in each house which rather accounts for it.

昨天傍晚，我在《数学之乐》中看到了弦图，非常有意思……有件出乎意料的事，我这学期当上学校的监督生了，而我上个学期连学院的监督生都不是。

To his great surprise, he found an invitation under the box.

他在盒子下面发现了一封请柬，这令他大吃一惊。

Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.

他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外.

For this reason Marcon's achievment come as a great surprise.

正因为这样,马可尼的成功产生了巨大的震动.

The sudden arrival of the troops in the village came as a great surprise to the inhabitants.

队伍蓦然地进了村子,使居民们大吃一惊.

Which comes as no great surprise, although it is always nice to have everyday observation confirmed by systematic analysis.

这并不会令人特别吃惊，不过好在这种惯常现象经过系统分析后最终得到了验证。

That should not come as a great surprise.

这也没什么让人惊讶的。

What a great surprise you give us!

你给了我们多么大的一个惊喜！

His elevation to the peerage caused great surprise.

他被封为贵族一事引起极大惊讶。

Susan looked at Jack in great surprise, wondering what he meant.

苏珊十分惊奇地望着杰克, 弄不懂他说的意思.

Her election to the board of directors caused great surprise.

她被选进董事会,令人大为吃惊.

It didn't come as a great surprise to me, I might say.

可以这么说，这并没有令我大吃一惊。

To my great surprise, he walked out without saying a word.

令我吃惊的是，他一句话也没说就走了出去。

Fernando Morientes was the great surprise at the morning training of Valencia CF.

费尔南多。莫伦特斯的出现是瓦伦西亚早晨训练的最大惊喜。

The hurricane last night had been a great surprise.

昨晚的飓风来的太突然。

To our great surprise, the tank leaked a large amount of water.

使我们感到吃惊的是，水箱渗漏出了大量的水。

Instead, to his great surprise, one of his grandmother's proverbs to mind.

相反的, 令他惊讶的是, 一句他祖母的格言,突然浮现在他脑海.

To his great surprise, these young people are full of push and go.

使他大为吃惊的是，这些年轻人干劲冲天。

To my great surprise, they agreed to all our demands.

令我万分惊讶的是，他们答应了我们所有的要求。

Suddenly, to his great surprise, he saw that the knocker was not a knocker any more, but had become the face of Jacob Marley!

突然，令他大吃一惊的是，他看到门环已不再是门环了，它已变成了雅各布·马利的脸了。

I really hoped to see a great surprise.

哈，我可是年年失望年年盼，真希望爆出个大冷门！

When I got up and looked out of the bedroom window, I found, to my great surprise, it was snowing heavily.

当我站起来,从卧室的窗户往外看时,我惊奇地发现,天正在下大雪。

His success was a great surprise to me.

他的成功令我大为惊讶。

This was a great surprise to me!

这对我来说真是件惊奇事！

To their great surprise, Tom's team was defeated in the polo game.

令大家吃惊的是, 汤姆的球队在水球队比赛中输了.

To my great surprise, I saw that it was an English ship!

令我非常惊奇的是，我看到那是一艘英国船！

I must say his imagination was a great surprise to me.

我得说他的想象力令我感到十分惊奇。

His failure was a great surprise to us.

他的失败使我们感到意外。