astonish
astonish
verb
astonishingly
adverb
verb
- [with obj.]surprise or impress (someone) greatly
使惊讶
you never fail to astonish me.
你总是让我吃惊。
[with obj. and clause]it astonished her that Mrs Browing could seem so anxious.
勃朗宁夫人竟显得如此焦急，这使她很惊讶。
[as adj. astonishing]an astonishing achievement.
惊人的成就。
astonishingly
adverb
- [as submodifier]an astonishingly successful programme.
一个惊人地成功的项目。
- early 16th cent. (as astonished, in the sense 'stunned, bewildered, dismayed'): from obsolete astone 'stun, stupefy', from Old French estoner, based on Latin ex- 'out' + tonare 'to thunder'
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