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astonish

/uh-ston-ish/US // əˈstɒn ɪʃ //UK // (əˈstɒnɪʃ) //

惊奇,令人震惊的,令人震惊,震慑

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze: Her easy humor and keen intellect astonished me.

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Examples

  • “When I look at my list of what we’ve done over the last 25 years, I’m astonished at what we’ve accomplished,” says Paula Johnson, the team’s leader.

  • It is beyond astonishing the imagination that you see on TikTok.

  • That’s why I was astonished one wintry day to see a long-eared jackrabbit tear out from a gravelly wash, its lithe body moving so fast it almost floated above the landscape.

  • What I was astonished by was that there was this sound and fury.

  • I’m astonished to see the extent to which the Attorney General is willing to say things that are blatantly irresponsible but that parrot some of the language of the President.

  • “These words astonish me as much as they amaze you,” he said.

  • To question that which seems to have ceased forever to astonish us.

  • The art works which still astonish the world were launched in part to give employment to the poor multitude.

  • They frighten a few people (mostly each other), are rude to bystanders and astonish a cleaning lady.

  • His book should astonish both liberals and conservatives—and for very different reasons.

  • Nothing seemed to trouble or astonish the visitor, either about the food or the service.

  • In thy anger thou wilt tread the earth under foot: in thy wrath thou wilt astonish the nations.

  • Blind faith in a religion, fanatical zeal for a religion, are too common to astonish us.

  • The members often astonish those who know them best by their responses to their opportunities.

  • And without mere ado, he took up his favourite instrument, and prepared to astonish the company.