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单词 eye-opener
释义
eye-opener
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˈaɪˌəʊ.pən.ər/us
/ˈaɪˌoʊ.pən.ɚ/
something thatsurprisesyou andteachesyou newfactsaboutlife,people, etc.:
使人大开眼界的事物；有启发性的东西
Living in anothercountrycan be arealeye-opener.在外国生活确实可以令人大开眼界。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a surprise
  • surpriseThe announcement that she was leaving the post was a surprise to us all.
  • shockIt will be a terrible shock if their income is cut.
  • kickerUSThe kicker is that even after six rounds of interviews, she still wasn't a finalist for the job.
  • a rude awakeningShe'll be in for a rude awakening when she has to pay her own bills.
  • eye-openerHis unauthorized biography was a real eye-opener.
  • news to meSarah is leaving? Well that's news to me.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Surprising and shocking
  • amaze
  • amazing
  • amazingly
  • astonish
  • astonishing
  • blinding
  • dynamite
  • earth-shattering
  • earth-shatteringly
  • earthshakingly
  • overtake
  • shocking
  • springsomethingonsomeone
  • stagger
  • staggering
  • staggeringly
  • startle
  • stun
  • the darnedest thingidiom
  • thunderbolt
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(Definition ofeye-openerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

eye-opener| American Dictionary

eye-opener
noun[C]
us
/ˈɑɪˌoʊ·pə·nər/
infmlsomething that issurprisingand thatteachesyou something new
(Definition ofeye-openerfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofeye-opener

eye-opener
For those who maintain an illusion of tight control, the book will be aneye-opener.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It was aneye-opener; everything we were doing was first off.
From theCambridge English Corpus
That was quite aneye-opener.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For me, the visit was a realeye-opener.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I believe that it will be aneye-opener.
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Hansard archive
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Indeed, it would be a realeye-openerto the average member of a congregation, and it is very important that we learn its lessons.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
No doubt for many people it will be aneye-openerto see how expensive even the small repairs can be.
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It can be quite aneye-openerto see what, for example, acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy or osteopathy can do where orthodox methods have failed.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Their report, one year on, upon their 1993 national conference is an absoluteeye-opener.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It was aneye-openerfor me in many ways.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It may provide them with aneye-openerin terms of good practice in the provision of child care nurseries.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That was quite aneye-opener, which would not be noticed except by someone confronted with it.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I must say that yesterday's visit was a most splendideye-openeras regards improvement.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
On the question of prices, whatever view we may take, there has been a greateye-openeras to what would happen if we had war.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It was a tremendouseye-openerfor me, to learn what was in the minds of those children.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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