find to one's suprise that..句式怎么理解

They found to their surprise that the goddness turned out to be a very modern-looking woman.

这句子中found to their surprise 结构是什么意思? to their surprise成了found的宾语吗? 这样的话,that从句起什么作用，去修饰surprise??

They found to their surprise that the goddness turned out to be a very modern-looking woman.

这句子中found to their surprise 结构是什么意思? to their surprise成了found的宾语吗? 这样的话,that从句起什么作用，去修饰surprise??

—— to their surprise，是“评注性状语”，通常放在句首，修饰全句。偶见在句中，网友的句子便是。

They found to their surprise that the goddness turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. 等于：

To their surprise, they found that the goddness turned out to be a very modern-looking woman.

等于：They were surprised to find that the goddness turned out to be a very modern-looking woman.

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They found to their surprise that the goddness turned out to be a very modern-looking woman.

这句子中found to their surprise 结构是什么意思? to their surprise成了found的宾语吗? 这样的话,that从句起什么作用，去修饰surprise??

【答】to their surprise 是插入语，属于一种独立成分，意思是“出乎意料地；令人吃惊的是”，通常置于句首。that the goddness turned out to be a very modern-looking woman 是宾语从句，作 found 的宾语。