amaze用法

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amaze用法

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amaze vt.使吃惊
Amaze means to shock or surprise someone.
My family was amazed at how well I could speak foreign languages.
使惊奇
v.tr.（及物动词）
amazed, amazing, amazes
To affect with great wonder; astonish.See Synonyms at surprise See Regional Note at possum
使大为惊奇；使惊异：感到非常好奇；吃惊参见 surprise参见 possum
Obsolete To bewilder; perplex.【废语】 使迷惑；使困惑n.（名词）
Amazement; wonder.吃惊；好奇
From Middle English masen [to bewilder,]
源自 中古英语 masen [使迷惑,]
and from amased [bewildered] from Old English ³d
并源自 amased [被迷惑的] 源自 古英语 ³d
both from Old English ³n [to bewilder]
都源自 古英语 ³n [使迷惑] ³- [intensive pref.] ³- [强调性前缀]
*masian [to confuse]
*masian [使混淆]
amaze vt.amazed, amazing使惊奇；使吃惊
Her knowledge amazes me.她的学识令我吃惊.
Visitors were amazed at the achievements in the car manufacture of the city during the past decade.
参观者对这城市过去十年中汽车制造工业的成就感到惊奇.
I was amazed by the news of George's sudden death.
听到乔治突然去逝的消息,我感到惊愕.
amaze
vt.使惊愕, 使大吃一惊;使惊异, 惊奇
He amazed me by his audacity.他的无礼使我惊骇.
They were amazed at the soaring drive of our oil workers.
他们对我国石油工人的冲天干劲感到惊奇.
amaze n.惊愕
He stood in amaze at the sight.他看到那种景象, 惊愕得呆呆地站在那里.
amazed adj.吃惊的, 惊异的
amazedly adv.
amazely adv.
be amazed at (by) 对...大为惊奇
be amazed to see 到[听到, 发现]...感到吃惊
be amazed to hear 看到[听到, 发现]...感到吃惊
be amazed to find 到[听到, 发现]...感到吃惊
amaze astonish surprise
都含有“使...惊异” 的意思,而且它们都是一般以事物或他人作主语, 以本人作宾语; 以本人作主语时用被动形式.
amaze强调“使惊异, 困惑”间或还有“惊叹, 佩服”的意思, 是意义很强的词, 如:
We were amazed at the ingenuity with which they solved their difficulties.
他们在解决困难中所表现的智慧使我们惊叹[佩服].
astonish表示“使人大吃一惊”、“几乎无法使人相信”, 但没有“惊叹”的意思, 如:
I was astonished at his rudeness.他的粗野使 我大吃一惊.
surprise语气较上述两词弱, 只表示“出乎意外地惊异”, 如:
We were surprised at finding the house empty.
我们惊讶地发现房子是空的.