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单词 flabbergast
释义
flabbergast
verb[Toften passive]
informal
uk
/ˈflæb.ə.ɡɑːst/us
/ˈflæb.ɚ.ɡæst/
toshocksomeone, usually bytellingthatpersonsomething they were notexpecting:
使大吃一惊，使目瞪口呆
He was flabbergasted when we told him howcheapit was.我们告诉他这东西有多便宜时，他惊得目瞪口呆。
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flabbergasted
(Definition offlabbergastfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflabbergast

flabbergast
It is quite flabbergasting the amount of racism there is within the media still.
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Phil took me on a tour of the region, leaving me flabbergasted at the vast range of topics one could pursue.
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I was flabbergasted to hear the sum of £2 billion a year mentioned as the cost of administration.
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I am rather flabbergasted by that last contribution to our proceedings.
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The hypocrisy of their stance on the measure flabbergasts me.
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As a result, the whole community was flabbergasted and incensed.
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The suggestion that the proposal will cost £4 million leaves me flabbergasted.
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But, from time to time, they find themselves flabbergasted.
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No wonder they are flabbergasted at the rise which they are now asked to face.
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We are still absolutely flabbergasted that it was unsuccessful and do not understand why.
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I should think that they are staggered, flabbergasted and dismayed at this raft of new clauses, which are complicated and highly technical.
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I was flabbergasted by that statement as one of the derailments involved 400 passengers and the train was travelling at 90 miles an hour.
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I was completely flabbergasted at the leniency of that sentence.
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I am rather flabbergasted by my noble friend's answer, because it seems to me that the committee could be any size.
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I was flabbergasted to find that there was no real formula—other than a very strange one—for measuring overcrowding on trains and on the underground.
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