ONE PHRASE, IN CONTEXT
out of the blue
突然地;出乎意料地

GET TO KNOW THE MEANING
同一个表达,不同的语境。
01突然地;出乎意料地
阅读表达精选(建议进阶,暂定):常修饰消息、来访或突然发生的事情。
IN A SENTENCE
Out of the blue, my former classmate called to ask whether I still had the photographs from our school trip.
我的老同学突然打来电话,问我是否还留着学校旅行时拍的照片。
He called me out of the blue yesterday.
他昨天突然给我打了电话。
A letter arrived out of the blue, carrying a name he had not spoken in twenty years.
一封信突然寄到,信中出现了一个他二十年未曾提起的名字。
02突然;出乎意料地
IN A SENTENCE
"This guy came out of the blue," says an official at one major pro-choice group.
一位大型堕胎权组织的官员说:“这人是突然冒出来的。”
