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Astonishing Dog ə'Stɔniʃi Adj.可惊异的 Astounding Staggering Stupefying Amazing

英语单词 astonishing
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.
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[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.
  • It's astonishing, he's learned Latin in three hours!

    他花了3个小时就学会了拉丁文,真让人吃惊!

  • ...an astonishing display of physical strength.

    表现出的惊人体力

astonishingly
  • Isabella was an astonishingly beautiful young woman...

    伊莎贝拉是个美貌惊人的年轻女人。

  • He was wearing, astonishingly, a frilly pink apron over shirt and trousers.

    他穿得很奇怪,衬衫和裤子外面套着件镶褶边的粉红围裙。

来源 2001.3

Tags: 单词::2001

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