1 B2 慣用的 ニュートラル
人を驚かせたりショックを与えたりして、特に一時的に反応できなくさせる
"She was completely taken aback by his sudden resignation — no one had seen it coming."
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I was taken aback by the ferocity of the criticism.
— Tony Blair, A Journey: My Political Life, 2010
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