astound

单词辨析:

surprise amaze astonish astound shock 【导航词义:吃惊】
surprise v. 使吃惊,使惊讶
〔辨析〕

普通用词,指对各种意外或突发的事物感到惊异,可用于好事,也可用于坏事。

〔例证〕

She's over 90? You surprise me!

她90多岁了?真想不到!

The old man was quite surprised to find in the envelope a hundred dollar note.

老人十分吃惊地发现信封里装着100美元。

I was much surprised at the news.

听到这个消息,我很诧异。

It surprised them all that she was such a fine swimmer.

她游得这么好,令他们都非常惊讶。

amaze v. 使惊奇,使大为吃惊
〔辨析〕

语气较强,强调所发生的事情很不寻常、不可思议。

〔例证〕

He amazed everyone by passing his driving test.

他驾照考试合格使大家很惊奇。

It amazed her that he was still alive.

他居然还活着令她大为惊讶。

astonish v. 使惊讶,使吃惊
〔辨析〕

语气较强,含难以置信及令人惊叹之意。

〔例证〕

It will astonish you to hear how much I paid for this bag.

听到我花多少钱买这只包会使你大吃一惊。

The news astonished everyone.

这消息令所有人惊讶不已。

Einstein's suggestion in 1905 astonished most of his colleagues.

爱因斯坦1905年提出的想法使他的大多数同行瞠目结舌。

astound v. 使惊愕,使震惊
〔辨析〕

指因不寻常的事情发生而使人震惊,语气强于 amaze 及 astonish。

〔例证〕

His divorce astounded his mother.

他的离婚让他母亲大为震惊。

The judge's decision astounded everyone present.

法官的判决使所有在场的人深感震惊。

It astounds me that you flew all the way out here just for my birthday.

为了庆祝我的生日,你竟然千里迢迢乘飞机赶到这里,真是让我受宠若惊。

shock v. 使震惊,使惊骇
〔辨析〕

语气强烈,指对所发生的事情表示非常震惊及难以置信。

〔例证〕

The news shocked the whole world.

这条新闻震惊了全世界。

The child's bad language shocked his mother.

这孩子的脏话使母亲震惊不已。

The hatred in his voice shocked the judge.

他话音里流露出的仇恨让法官震惊。

相关例句:

As you hold these frequencies, you will bring information onto the planet that will astound and shock most of the world.

因为你们持有这些频率振动,你们将把信息带到行星上,信息将使你们世界多数人的感到震惊。

He never fails to astound us with his ability to dunk a basketball backwards without looking.

我们总是惊讶于她不回头看就能背投中的扣篮技术。

The ending of the novel will astound you.

小说的结局会让你大吃一惊。

It may sound silly, but these sort of things just astound me.

这听起来也许有些愚蠢,但这类事情却使我震惊。

A repertoire of tricks will astound the esteemed public.

全部节目将使尊敬的观众惊心动魄。

Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder; the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.

所以,我在这百姓中要行奇妙的事,就是奇妙又奇妙的事。他们智慧人的智慧必然消灭,聪明人的聪明必然隐藏。