喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/əˈstɑːnɪʃmənt/ · /əˈstɒnɪʃmənt/驚訝；驚愕

    A feeling of very great surprise, especially at something you have just seen or been told, when it is hard to believe it is real.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei stared at the giant sunflower in astonishment.

    逐字美在驚訝中盯著那朵巨大的向日葵。

    astonishment 是「非常強烈的驚訝」，通常來自你親眼看到、或別人告訴你的一件幾乎不敢相信的事。可以想成它是 surprise 的加強版：surprise 只是「沒想到」，astonishment 是「愣住、說不出話，臉上都看得出來」，跟 amazement 很接近。它不可數，所以不說 an astonishment；實際用的時候幾乎都在兩個固定框架裡——in astonishment（驚訝地看／盯著／倒抽一口氣）和 to my astonishment（讓我很驚訝的是……）。

    常見搭配

    • in astonishment

      驚訝地（看、盯著、倒抽一口氣）

      in a way that shows you are very surprised

      Aisha looked at the empty cage in astonishment.

    • to somebody's astonishment

      令某人驚訝的是……

      used to say that something surprised someone very much

      To everyone's astonishment, more than a hundred people came to help.

    • a look of astonishment

      一臉驚訝的表情

      an expression on someone's face showing great surprise

      There was a look of astonishment on Ren's face when he opened the box.

    • stare in astonishment

      驚訝得盯著看

      to look at something for a long time because it surprises you so much

      She stared in astonishment as the tiny plant opened its first flower.

    • gasp in astonishment

      驚訝得倒抽一口氣

      to breathe in suddenly because you are very surprised

      The children gasped in astonishment as the curtain went up.

    • sheer astonishment

      純粹的驚訝、完全的驚訝

      very great surprise and nothing else

      For a moment he could say nothing out of sheer astonishment.

    意思相反

    calmindifference

core核心畫面

You can think of it as the feeling itself, held for a moment: you have just seen it or just been told, and part of you still cannot accept that it is real. The mind keeps checking the fact, and the fact keeps not fitting.

你剛親眼看到、或剛被告知一件事，心裡有一部分還無法接受它是真的——你一再回頭確認，它就是跟你原本的認知對不上。字尾 -ment 把這份感覺變成一個名詞，所以 astonishment 指的是那份驚愕本身，是一個你可以「置身其中」的狀態。

同家族的字

意思相反

calmindifference

原始詞典資料5 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。

astonishmentnoun/əˈstɒnɪʃmənt/

  • 1

    The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.

    • The class looked on in astonishment as their teacher proceeded to tear the pages out of the textbook.
    • 1630, John Milton, “On Shakespear” in Poems of Mr. John Milton, London: Ruth Raworth, 1645 p. 27, Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thy self a live-long Monument.
  • 2

    Something very surprising.

    • (colloquial)
    • To find Ned Silverton among the habitual frequenters of Mrs. Hatch’s drawing-room was one of Lily’s first astonishments;
  • 3

    obsoleteLoss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body.

    • […] there followeth astonishment of the leg that is neere, that it can neither be stretched out right, nor he cannot go on his feet.
    • […] whosoever maketh water in the same place where a dog hath newly pissed, so as both vrines be mingled together, shall immediatly find a coldnesse and astonishment in his loines,
  • 4

    obsoleteLoss of mental faculties, inability to think or use one's senses.

    • Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
    • Upon the Stage he so charmed the people into astonishment with his babble, that he made them buy off amain his Drugs;
  • 5

    obsoleteLoss of composure or presence of mind.

    • […] where of his cruell rage Nigh dead with feare, and faint astonishment, Shee found them both in darkesome corner pent;
    • […] as when a man ignorant of the Ceremonies of Court, comming into the presence of a greater Person than he is used to speak to, and stumbling at his entrance, to save himselfe from falling, lets slip his Cloake; to recover his Cloake, lets fall his Hat; and with one disorder after another, discovers his astonishment and rusticity.

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