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单词 amazement
释义
amazement
noun[U]
uk
/əˈmeɪz.mənt/us
/əˈmeɪz.mənt/
B2
extremesurprise:
惊奇，惊诧，吃惊
Shestaredinamazement.她惊奇地盯着看。
To myamazement, heatethewholepie.令我吃惊的是，他把整个馅饼都吃掉了。
Synonym
astonishment
More examples
  • She waswide-eyedin amazement.
  • He gave agaspof amazement.
  • We allwatchedin amazement as hejuggledwith threeflamingtorches.
  • She wasrootedto thespotwith amazement.
  • She wasround-eyedwith amazement.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Feelings of surprise and amazement
  • astonishment
  • bewilderment
  • future shock
  • incredulity
  • shock
  • stupefaction
  • surprise
  • wonder
  • wonderment
(Definition ofamazementfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofamazement

amazement
This appearance aroused terror andamazement, with first witness accounts all converging on the same salient facts.
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In seeing this machine the oldamazementrecurs at the size, complication, and dignity of an instrument contrived for so simple a purpose.
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Martineau can only disclose so much about the properties that provoke wonder before she displaces their source or resorts to uninformative exclamations ofamazement.
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The rules apply, but also listening, touching, discovering, playing, having fun, provokingamazementand pleasure.
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The initial conditions plus the laws necessitated an event which violated the quasi-law of non-interpenetration and which was thus to hisamazement.
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To hisamazement, he goes straight through it, coming out on the other side, and leaving it perfectly intact.
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I recall withamazementthe times in which we had the opportunity to dine together and discuss problems in computer science.
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To hisamazement, he passes straight through it unharmed.
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The thank-you notes are published in the church bulletin for everyone to read - much to myamazement.
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Those of us who have organized similar (if very much more modest) ventures can only mop our brows inamazement.
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Congratulations tinged withamazementbeing herewith offered, let us now proceed to do this group of remarkable historians the honour of giving them more than a satisfied stock-taking.
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She also paves the way emotionally as she asks inamazementwhether he has forgotten "what will be my destiny in this fatal temple" (mm. 45-7).
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Much to myamazement, it's not really everyone's idea of a good time to sit down and read through and check a few thousand words at a time.
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Bricky slowly shook his head inamazement.
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The question of the contribution of owners of royalties also fills me withamazement.
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