英语单词 | astonishing |
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英美音标 | [ə'stɔniʃi] |
中文释义 | adj.可惊异的 |
vocab简明 | Something astonishing is astounding, staggering, stupefying, amazing, or incredible. It's not something you see every day. |
vocab扩展 | This is a pretty strong word. A dog shaking hands is not astonishing, but a dog calling 911 for its owner definitely is. Astonishing things are amazing; they blow your mind. When people first walked on the moon, that was astonishing. Miracles are astonishing. If you say, "Holy cow! I can't believe what I'm seeing," you're probably seeing something astonishing. |
真题原句 | The astonishing distrust of the news media isn’t rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily clash of world views between reporters and their readers. |
柯林斯星级 | ★★☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人惊讶的;非常惊人的 Something that is astonishing is very surprising.
astonishingly
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来源 | 2001.3 |
Tags: 单词::2001
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