- 1使目瞪口呆、使神智麻木
To make someone unable to think clearly. There are two ways this happens, and English uses one verb for both.
To make someone unable to think clearly讓人無法清楚思考. There are two ways this happens這種情況有兩種發生方式, and English uses one verb for both而英文用同一個動詞來表達兩者.
The first is shock: something so surprising that it your head — 'the news stupefied us'. The second is dulling: drink, drugs, heat, exhaustion, or endless that fogs the mind — 'the medicine stupefied him', 'hours of the same task stupefy you'.
The first第一種 is shock是受到驚嚇: something so surprising that it empties your head某件事太令人驚訝，把你的腦袋弄空了 — 'the news stupefied us'像the news stupefied us(這消息讓我們目瞪口呆). The second第二種 is dulling是麻木遲鈍: drink, drugs, heat, exhaustion, or endless boredom that fogs the mind酒精、藥物、高溫、疲憊或無止盡的無聊讓頭腦昏沉 — 'the medicine stupefied him'像the medicine stupefied him, 'hours of the same task stupefy you'或hours of the same task stupefy you(做同一件事好幾個小時讓你麻木).
Both come straight from the root idea of striking someone senseless.
Both兩者 come straight from the root idea都直接來自同一個根本概念 of striking someone senseless把人打到失去知覺.
It is a formal, literary verb; in speech people say 'shocked me', 'blew my mind', or 'knocked me out'.
It它 is a formal, literary verb是一個正式、文學性的動詞; in speech在口語裡 people say大家會說 'shocked me'像shocked me(嚇壞我了), 'blew my mind'或blew my mind(讓我震驚), or 'knocked me out'或knocked me out(把我打懵了).
You will meet the -ing and -ed forms far more often than the plain verb: stupefying , a stupefied crowd. That is worth noticing, because knowing the verb is what makes the two make sense. The thing that does it is stupefying; the person it happens to is stupefied.
You你 will meet會遇到 the -ing and -ed forms -ing和-ed的形式 far more often than the plain verb比原形動詞更常見: stupefying boredom像stupefying boredom(令人麻木的無聊), a stupefied crowd或a stupefied crowd(目瞪口呆的群眾). That那 is worth noticing值得注意, because因為 knowing the verb懂得這個動詞 is what makes the two adjectives make sense才能讓這兩個形容詞說得通. The thing that does it造成這狀況的東西 is stupefying是stupefying(令人麻木的); the person it happens to而發生在誰身上 is stupefied那個人就是stupefied(目瞪口呆的).
core核心畫面
組成From Latin stupefaciō — stupeō 'to be stunned, speechless' plus faciō 'to do, to make', so literally 'to make someone stunned'. It came into English through Middle French stupéfier.
同家族的字
- stupidsame Latin stupeō, originally 'stunned, senseless'
- stuporsame Latin stupeō — a dazed, unthinking state
- stupefactionthe noun from the same Latin stupefaciō
- satisfyshares the Latin faciō, 'to make' — the same -fy ending
原始詞典資料3 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。
stupefyverb/ˈst(j)upəˌfaɪ/
- 1
lawTo dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
- a stupefying drug; a stupefacient
- He stupefied her by means of chloroform, a general anaesthetic.
- 2
To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.
- The police's negligence and callousness continued to stupefy her.
- What if I love you!—This misery / Of your dissatisfaction and misprision / Stupefies me.
- 3
obsoleteTo deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation.
- The next is, when it is not malleable, but yet it is not fluent, but stupified^([sic]).
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