"It took me aback," says Harlan Spector, a medical reporter and one of the negotiators.

“这真使我惊讶”哈兰·斯派克特说到。他是该报社的一位医疗专栏记者，同时也是谈判代表之一。

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Your request took me aback.

你的要求使我大吃一惊。

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His sudden change of opinion took his colleagues all aback.

他突然改变主张，使他的同事们都大吃一惊。

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This took us aback at first, but it made sense upon further consideration.

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It was one of those cases that really took you aback.

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What took many aback, however, was that in France's regional elections last year some members of the centre-right took the hand of the National Front, thus offering it a degree of respectability, in order to cling on to power themselves.

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