astonishment 的定义
- overpowering wonder or surprise; amazement: He looked with astonishment at his friends.
- an object or cause of amazement.
astonishment 近义词
state of surprise
更多astonishment例句
- On Thursday, multiple Democrats stood to speak against the bill in both House and Senate, many expressing astonishment at the Republican argument that the measure would improve the voter experience.
- As Truffles approached me on an overhanging branch, my unsentimental friend remarked with astonishment that the animal clearly knew me.
- Much to our collective astonishment, Chris ended up joining the military.
- It's the right mix of news reporting, astonishment and outrage.
- In March of 2020 I watched in astonishment and fear as the pandemic reached my state, the numbers of infected persons increasing in real time as our hospital scrambled to respond.
- To his astonishment, the driver found the gate open; guards already had abounded the border post.
- What astonishment that such beauty urges me into bed for a nightlong sweaty roll in tangled sheets.
- His friend stares in astonishment at Soyinka, who seems unperturbed.
- The frustrating thing here is the astonishment over it all, over the Iggy Azalea phenomenon.
- Now in her 70's, living in Ontario, Feld Carr tells the story with a delightful sense of astonishment that it ever took place.
- Georgie now, to her astonishment, found her movements invariably chronicled in the society journals.
- It was considerably to Justice Haggard's astonishment that he heard of the invitation to his son and his son's wife.
- Marcella stood all this while, leaning against the tapestry, in a silent astonishment of thought and feeling.
- Lucy clapped her hands with delight, her more staid cousin was rapt in pleased astonishment.
- The bridge that spanned it had, to Harry's astonishment, been only partially destroyed; it could easily be crossed.