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出ceot1乎fu4

ceot1 fu4inferredchū hū

English

  1. due to
  2. to stem from
  3. to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc)
  4. to go against (expectations)

Examples

  • 然後出乎卡拉娜意料,合桃鉗現身,帶埋隊玩具士兵嚟做增援,仲開始指揮啲公仔幫手搬走受咗傷嘅士兵。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 这出乎意料地容易。

    It was amazingly easy.

    Tatoeba · mirrorvan CC BY

  • 事情的發展完全出乎我意料。

    I expected something quite different to happen.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 他的歌聲出乎意料之外地好聽。

    To my surprise, he had a beautiful voice.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 让我出乎意料的是,他居然很会唱歌。

    To my surprise, he was good at singing.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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