【astonished】 - A-level备考词汇

astonished

UK:  [ə'stɒnɪʃt]

US:  [ə'stɑnɪʃt]

adj.

1.诧异;吃惊的

1 . He was astonished at what he found. A MAN was lying in the box on top of a pile of woolen goods.
他对所发现的事感到大吃一惊：一个男人躺在箱子里的一堆毛织品上。

2 . Then, he astonished me by remarking, as he was preparing to leave, that I had brightened his day.
当乔希准备告辞的时候，他说的话让我很震惊，他说我点亮了他那一天的生活。

3 . The truth will come with the revelations that we shall bring you, but prepare to be astonished at how much you have been misled.
随着我们将带给你们的揭露，真相会到来，但是请准备大吃一惊，因为你们一直被严重的误导。

4 . We stared at him in disbelief, astonished that someone as gentle as he is could interrupt us so rudely.
像他这么一个一向温文尔雅的人居然如此粗鲁的打断我们，我们都无法置信的看着他。

5 . "We were pretty astonished that this actually worked, " said computational social scientist Johan Bollen of Indiana University-Bloomington.
“对这个结果我们颇感震惊。”美国布卢明顿印第安纳大学计算社会科学家约翰博伦说。