eye-opener

英 [ˈaɪ əʊpnə(r)]

美 [ˈaɪ oʊpnər]

n.  使人大开眼界的经历(或事情等)

复数：eye-openers　

TEM8

牛津词典

noun

• 使人大开眼界的经历（或事情等）
  an event, experience, etc. that is surprising and shows you sth that you did not already know
  1. Travelling around India was a real eye-opener for me.
     周游印度真让我开了眼界。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 令人大开眼界的事物
  If you describe something as aneye-opener, you mean that it surprises you and that you learn something new from it.
  1. This summer's tour was an eye-opener for her. For the first time ever, the halls were not fully booked...
     今夏的旅游让她大开眼界。有史以来，礼堂第一次没有预订满。
  2. Writing these scripts has been quite an eye-opener to me. It proves that one can do anything if the need is urgent.
     编写这些剧本让我眼界大开，它证明了情急之下人可以做到任何事情。

双语例句

• The book is quite an eye-opener.
  这本书令人大开眼界。
• If you say something is an eye-opener/ an eye-opener, it means it is a big surprise, much more dramatic than expected.
  如果你想说某事aneye-opener/令人打开眼界，意思是说它给人惊喜，比预想得要更精彩。
• His behavior was a real eye-opener.
  他的所作所为真让人开眼界。
• The film on police methods was a real eye-opener for me.
  这部关于警方探案招数的影片使我大开眼界。
• This summer's tour was an eye-opener for her. For the first time ever, the halls were not fully booked
  今夏的旅游让她大开眼界。有史以来，礼堂第一次没有预订满。
• It was a definite eye-opener to see the newly-skinned lambs hung upside down outside the shops.
  看到新剥皮的小羊倒掉在店门外绝对让你打开眼界。
• As a Chinese saying goes," seeing is believing ". This trip has been a real eye-opener, to me!
  中国话说“眼见为实”。这次旅行对我来说确实开阔了眼界。
• Flower: This birthday party is a real eye-opener.
  花：这真是个叫人大开眼界的生日晚会啊。
• The idea that I could make money out of writing was an eye-opener.
  写作还可以挣钱，这个想法让我大开眼界。
• Writing these scripts has been quite an eye-opener to me. It proves that one can do anything if the need is urgent.
  编写这些剧本让我眼界大开，它证明了情急之下人可以做到任何事情。