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Astonish ə'Stɑːnɪʃ Astonished Hear News Won Prize Speech

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Pron [ə'stɑːnɪʃ]
Back 【ASTONISH】
She was astonished to hear the news that she had won the first prize in the speech contest.
听到她已在演讲比赛中获得第一名的消息,她大吃一惊。
【重点词汇】
astonish v. 使惊异 同: astound
Vocab
astonishaffect with wonder

Things that might astonish you: the discovery of life on another planet, a death-defying performance, and the number of dinosaurs a six-year old child can name. To astonish is to amaze and astound.

Remember that astonish means more than surprised. It carries with it a feeling of being truly impressed. Astonish derives from the Latin tonare 'thunder.' When you are astonished, you're thunderstruck. If you plan to astonish someone, you might say before hand, "Wait until you see this. It's going to knock your socks off."

All forms of 'astonish' will appear on average once every 87 pages.
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