Overawed is how most people meet this idea: someone has been made to feel that mix of respect and fear, and it has taken the words or the fight out of them. “She was overawed by the palace.” “Don’t be overawed — they are just people.” It is the past of overawe, but it very often works like a describing word for a state you are in.

Overawed is how most people meet this idea大部分人是透過這個情況認識overawed這個字的：someone has been made to feel that mix of respect and fear有人被弄得心裡湧出那種尊敬又害怕混在一起的感覺，and it has taken the words or the fight out of them讓他變得說不出話，也沒了反抗的力氣。“She was overawed by the palace.”「She was overawed by the palace.」 “Don't be overawed — they are just people.”「Don't be overawed — they are just people.」 It is the past of overawe它是overawe的過去式，but it very often works like a describing word for a state you are in但它常常被當成形容詞來用，形容你當下的那種狀態。

The person feels small, careful, a little stunned — not merely pleased, and not merely terrified.

The person feels small, careful, a little stunned這個人會覺得自己很渺小、變得小心翼翼，還有點呆住，— not merely pleased不只是開心，and not merely terrified也不只是害怕。

You will see it in stories and in talk about first days, big stages, and meeting someone famous.

You will see it in stories你會在故事裡看到它，and in talk about first days, big stages, and meeting someone famous也會在講到第一天上班、大場面，或是遇到名人的談話裡看到它。

Though actually, some speakers use it a little loosely to mean “very impressed”; the tidier sense still keeps that nervous hush.

Though actually不過其實，some speakers use it a little loosely to mean “very impressed”有些人會比較鬆散地把它用來表示「非常佩服」；the tidier sense still keeps that nervous hush比較精確的用法還是保留著那種緊張到說不出話的感覺。