竟然

1. unexpectedly; to one's surprise; actually

♦ 这样宏伟的建筑, ~只用十个月的时间就完成了。 To think that such a magnificent building was completed in ten months!

2. go so far as to; go to the length of; have the impudence (or effrontery) to

♦ ~不顾事实 go so far as to disregard the facts