喜樂美語
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    nB2

    /əˈmeɪzmənt/

    a feeling of very great surprise, especially when something happens that you can hardly believe.

    驚訝；驚奇

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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You can think of it as the moment your mind stops: what you are seeing or hearing is so far past what you expected that, for a second, you cannot fit it into your picture of the world. Not fear, not joy — just a mind knocked wide open.

眼前發生的事遠遠超出你原本的預期，腦袋有一瞬間空白、接不上——你看著它，卻幾乎不敢相信它是真的。那不是害怕也不是高興…更多收起眼前發生的事遠遠超出你原本的預期，腦袋有一瞬間空白、接不上——你看著它，卻幾乎不敢相信它是真的。那不是害怕也不是高興，而是「這怎麼可能」的那種被撐開的感覺。字尾 -ment 讓它成為一種「心裡的狀態」，所以 amazement 指的是那份驚訝本身，而不是讓人驚訝的東西。

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

amazementnoun/əˈmeɪz.mənt/

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    The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; a feeling of intense astonishment or awe, as from witnessing something incredible and impressive.

    • We stared in amazement at the skills on display.
    • The amazement that painting sparked in me lasted until the tour guide jolted me out of it.
  • 2

    archaicA particular feeling of wonder, surprise, fear, or horror.

    • Were believers thoroughly persuaded of what God meaneth, by these things, they would not be so liable to those frights and amazements which distract and disturb them.
    • In the midst of ill rumours and amazements, his countenance changeth not.
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    datedSomething which amazes.

    • So impossible did it seem that such an amazement of horse-flesh could ever be hers.
    • I believe the Urchin showed more enthusiasm over the stone and the robin than over any of the amazements that succeeded them.
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    obsoleteMadness, frenzy.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。