- 1aB2/əˈstɑːnɪʃɪŋ/ · /əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋ/驚人的；令人難以置信的
So surprising that it is hard to believe. It is used about facts, numbers, changes, or news that are much bigger, faster, or more unexpected than you thought was possible.
示範例句 · Example
Their song has been played an astonishing ten million times.
逐字他們的歌已經被播放了驚人的一千萬次。
astonishing 是 surprising 的加強版：surprising 只是「沒想到」，astonishing 是「大到、快到讓你想再確認一次是不是真的」，所以它最常黏在數字、速度、變化和成績前面，例如 an astonishing ten million times、at an astonishing speed。可以想成它是從動詞 astonish（把人嚇到一時說不出話）長出來的，畫面就是聽到那個數字之後愣住的那一秒。跟它最近的 astounding 又再強一點、也正式一點，unbelievable 則是更口語的說法。
常見搭配
an astonishing + number
高達…（驚人的數字）
used before a number to show that it is much larger than expected
She ran the whole race in an astonishing eleven seconds.
at an astonishing speed
以驚人的速度
very much faster than you would think possible
The ice on the lake melted at an astonishing speed this spring.
quite astonishing
相當驚人；完全令人難以置信
completely surprising — quite makes this stronger, not weaker
The change in the team over three weeks was quite astonishing.
the most astonishing thing
最驚人的一點
the part of something that is hardest of all to believe
The most astonishing thing was that nobody had noticed the door.
it is astonishing how / that
…真是令人難以置信
used to say that a fact is hard to believe
It's astonishing how quickly the little tree grew.
an astonishing success
驚人的成功
a result far better than anyone expected
Their first small concert turned into an astonishing success.
core核心畫面
One way to hold it: a number or a fact that makes you stop and read it again, because your first reaction is 'that can't be right'. The surprise is big enough that belief itself hesitates for a second.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
astonishingadj/əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋ/
- 1
Causing astonishment.
- astonishing display
- astonishing performance
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