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Something awe-inspiring is so grand, , or powerful that it makes you feel a deep mix of respect and wonder — the feeling called awe. A mountain, a cathedral, a performance, or even a person’s calm under pressure can be awe-inspiring.
Something awe-inspiring is so grand, skilful, or powerful一個awe-inspiring的東西是如此壯觀、精湛或強大that it makes you feel a deep mix of respect and wonder讓你產生一種深深的敬佩和驚嘆混合的感覺the feeling called awe也就是叫做awe的那種感覺A mountain, a cathedral, a performance一座山、一間大教堂、一場表演or even a person's calm under pressure甚至是一個人在壓力下的冷靜can be awe-inspiring都可以是awe-inspiring
The word is strongly positive and still fairly serious.
The word is strongly positive這個字帶著強烈的正面意義and still fairly serious而且還相當嚴肅
Though actually, “awe” used to carry more fear than it does now, so an awe-inspiring storm can still have a trace of that older, slightly greatness, not just “wow, nice.” It is more serious than “cool,” and it has not slid as far as “awesome,” which young speakers often use for anything they like.
Though actually不過其實"awe" used to carry more fear than it does now「awe」以前帶有的恐懼成分比現在多so an awe-inspiring storm can still have a trace of that older, slightly frightening greatness所以一場awe-inspiring的暴風雨可能還帶著那種古老、有點嚇人的雄偉感not just "wow, nice"而不只是「哇，好棒」It is more serious than "cool"這個字比「cool」更嚴肅and it has not slid as far as "awesome"也沒有像「awesome」那樣被用得那麼隨便which young speakers often use for anything they like年輕人常常拿「awesome」來形容任何他們喜歡的東西
組成A compound of awe (a strong feeling of respect, wonder, and sometimes a little fear) + inspiring (causing a feeling in you).
同家族的字
- awethe feeling this compound is built from
- awesomesame first piece; in casual speech it often just means “great,” which awe-inspiring does not
- aweddescribes the person who feels the awe, not the thing that causes it
- awe-strickenalso describes the person; a heavier, more old-fashioned twin of awestruck
原始詞典資料2 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。
awe-inspiringadj/ˈɔː ɪnˌspaɪɹɪŋ/
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Inspiring awe; awesome.
- The Taj Mahal is an awe-inspiring sight.
- Across the far end of the cavern, with a grinding and crashing noise - a noise so dreadful and awe-inspiring that we all trembled, and Job actually sank to his knees - there flamed out an awful cloud or pillar of fire, like a rainbow many-coloured, and like the lightning bright.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。