be taken aback

Saying that Joan was taken aback is to put it mildly. She was completely flabbergasted.

说琼，这是很保守的说法。她其实是完全。

I was taken aback by his rudeness.

我对他的粗鲁无礼感到。

I was taken aback by what I saw.

我被眼前到的吓跳。

Jenny was taken aback by some of the portraits.

其中些肖像画使詹妮。

She was taken aback by her son’s strong opposition to her remarriage.

她儿子对她再婚的强烈反对让她很。