astonishment

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六级 Collins 1

n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising

n. 惊异, 惊愕, 使人惊异的事物

Collins 星级

7,915

BNC 频率

11,297

使用频率

“astonishment”由词根“astonish”（使惊讶）和后缀“-ment”（表示状态或结果）组成。可以理解为“惊讶的状态”。

例句

1. The news of her promotion was met with great astonishment.

她晋升的消息引起了大家的极大惊讶。

2. To my astonishment, I found a rare coin in the old book.

令我惊讶的是，我在那本旧书里发现了一枚稀有的硬币。

3. His astonishing talent for music left everyone speechless.

他在音乐方面惊人的才华让所有人都无言以对。