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aback

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aback

/BrE əˈbak

, AmE əˈbæk

/

adverb

to take sb aback; 使某人震惊;

to be taken aback (by sth/sb); （因某事物／某人）大吃一惊;

I was taken aback by his reply/retort 他的回答／反驳把我吓了一大跳