كيف تنطق "be taken aback"

expression

bee TAY-kuhn uh-BAK

التعريف

To be very surprised or shocked, often so much that you do not know how to react immediately.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈbi/, /bi/ /ˈteɪkən/ /əˈbæk

الإنجليزية البريطانية

bˈiː/ /tˈeɪkən/ /ɐbˈæk

أمريكي

bee TAY-kuhn uh-BAK

بريطاني

bee TAY-kuhn uh-BAK

I was taken aback by the news.

She was taken aback when they shouted her name.

We were taken aback by his sudden anger.

I really was taken aback when he offered to help me out of nowhere.