lo /ləʊ/

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  CONVENTION Lo and behold or lo is used to emphasize a surprising event that is about to be mentioned, or to emphasize in a humorous way that something is not surprising at all. 你瞧; 真想不到 [HUMOROUS, LITERARY]

  例：

  He called the minister of the interior and, lo and behold, within about an hour, the prisoners were released.

  他给内政部长打了个电话，结果你看，不到一个小时囚犯就给释放了。

  例：

  I looked and lo! every one of the fifteen men who had been standing with me had disappeared.

  我一看，哎哟！原来那十五个和我站一起的家伙全没了踪影。