out of the blue
/ˌaʊt əv ðə ˈbluː/INFORMAL · C1
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字面意思: «從藍天裡»
意思
completely unexpectedly
完全出乎意料地.
例句
- 1My old school friend rang me out of the blue after ten years.
- 2Out of the blue, our new neighbours invited us to their daughter's wedding.
- 3We hadn't heard from Aunt Rosa in years, and then, out of the blue, she turned up at our door.
- 4Nobody saw it coming when, out of the blue, the manager announced she was leaving.
- 5Did the job offer really come out of the blue, or had you applied for it?
文法
片語不變化。用法相當於副詞:放在子句開頭或末尾,或跟在 come、ring 或 arrive 等動詞之後。
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