surprising
adjective/sərˈpraɪzɪŋ/
Слово англійською: surprising
Переклад surprising українською: дивовижний, дивний, разючий; несподіваний
Детальний опис
- causing surprise
- It’s not surprising (that) they lost.
- The frequency of such bad weather is hardly surprising given how far north we are.
- A surprising number of people came.
- We had a surprising amount in common.
- It's surprising what people will do for money.
- It’s surprising how many people applied for the job.
Language Bank surprisingsurprisingHighlighting interesting data- What is surprising about these results is that men are more likely to be left-handed than women.
- Surprisingly, men are more likely to be left-handed than women.
- Interestingly, even when both parents are left-handed, there is still only a 26 per cent chance of their children being left-handed.
- One of the most interesting findings is that only 2 per cent of the left-handers surveyed have two left-handed parents.
- It is interesting to note that people are more likely to be left-handed if their mother is left-handed than if their father is.
- The most striking feature of these results is that left-handed mothers are more likely to have left-handed children.