英语单词 | astonishingly |
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英美音标 | 英 [ə'stɒnɪʃɪŋli] 美 [ə'stɒnɪʃɪŋli] |
中文释义 | adv.惊人地;异常地 |
英语例句 | (1) He was astonishingly adept at manipulating the big machine. (2) Jack took the news astonishingly well. |
中文例句 | (1) 他操作这台大机器熟练得惊人。 (2) 杰克对这个消息表现得出奇地冷静。 |
vocabulary简明 | If something is done astonishingly, it is done in an incredible, amazing manner. It will blow your mind. Someone who gives away a million dollars is astonishingly generous. |
vocabulary扩展 | To astonish is to amaze, and anything wild and surprising is astonishing. Add an -ly to the end to form astonishingly and that describes something done in a way that completely surprises. Great athletes play astonishingly well, a sunset that takes your breath away is astonishingly beautiful, and someone who suddenly leaps out of a deathbed has astonishingly been cured! This is a strong word for things you can hardly believe are happening. |
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