astonish學測 L5KK [əˈstɑnɪʃ] | /əˈstɑnɪʃ/
使驚訝;使詫異;使震驚
學測愛考的驚訝動詞,常考被動語態
The unexpected news of her promotion astonished everyone in the office.
她升職的意外消息讓辦公室裡所有人都大吃一驚。
一個畫面:瞪眼愣住
瞪大雙眼眼睛睜大,來不及反應
愣住不動身體僵住,一時說不出話
倒抽一口氣突如其來的震驚感
義項
魔術驚呆B2verb使驚訝;使詫異;使震驚
The magician's trick of pulling a rabbit out of a hat astonished the audience.
魔術師從帽子裡變出兔子的把戲讓觀眾大吃一驚。
astonish everyonebe astonished atbe astonished by
片語
be astonished at瞪眼愣住 →對某事感到十分震驚
be astonished by倒抽口氣 →被某人事物嚇到說不出話
你會不會這樣說?
「我對這消息感到很驚訝」,何者正確?(A) I astonished at the news. (B) I was astonished at the news.
看答案
(B)
astonish 是及物動詞,表達感到驚訝須用被動 be astonished。
The audience was ___ at the magician's trick. (astonished / astonishing)
看答案
astonished
astonished 形容人的感受,astonishing 形容事物本身。
字族
astonished 感到震驚的・astonishing 令人震驚的・astonishment 震驚;驚訝