中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒386

[誤] His uncle has brought him a surprising gift---a pair of completely new shoes.

[正] His uncle has brought him a pleasantly surprising gift---a pair of brand new shoes.

注：surprising 只能表達(dá)“令人吃驚的”，所以要忠實(shí)體現(xiàn)原文意思需要在前面加 pleasantly;“嶄新”的地道說(shuō)法是 brand new。