When you are awestruck, the weight of someone or something lands on you so hard that you almost stop. It is the feeling that this person, this place, this task is more important, more difficult, or more serious than you were ready for.

When you are awestruck當你感到肅然起敬時，the weight重量 of someone or something某人或某件事的 lands on you壓在你身上 so hard重到 that以至於 you almost stop你幾乎停下來。It它 是 the feeling一種感覺，that就是 this person, this place, this task這個人、這個地方、這件事 is more important, more difficult, or more serious比你原本準備好要面對的還要更重要、更困難或更嚴肅 than you were ready for。

You may go quiet. You may just look. There is respect in it, and often a little fear — not horror, but the sense that you should not treat this lightly.

You你 may go quiet可能會安靜下來。You你 may just look可能只是靜靜看著。There is有 respect尊敬 in it在裡面，and而且 often常常也有 a little fear一點害怕——not horror不是恐懼，but而是 the sense一種感覺，that就是 you你 should not treat this lightly不該輕率看待這件事。

You can be awestruck by a person (a surgeon at work, a teacher who has spent a life on one hard subject) or by a thing (an old temple, a mountain, a problem that turns out much bigger than it first looked). Though actually everyday speech now stretches it toward wonder too: people say they were awestruck by a view even when they are not afraid, only stunned.

You你 can be awestruck可以對……肅然起敬 by a person一個人（a surgeon at work正在動手術的外科醫生、a teacher一位老師 who has spent a life花了一輩子 on one hard subject鑽研一個困難的科目）or或 by a thing一件事物（an old temple一座古廟、a mountain一座山、a problem一個問題 that turns out結果 much bigger遠比一開始看起來 than it first looked還要大）。Though actually不過其實 everyday speech日常口語 now stretches it現在把這個字延伸 toward wonder也用到「驚嘆」上了 too：people大家 say they were awestruck會說自己「awestruck」 by a view看到一個美景時 even when即使 they are not afraid他們並不害怕，only stunned只是驚呆了。

The tidy core is still the heavy one — respect for size and seriousness. It is a strong word.

The tidy core最核心的意思 is still仍然是 the heavy one比較沉重的那個——respect for size and seriousness對規模和嚴肅性的敬重。It它 是 a strong word一個很強烈的字。

Save it for moments that knock the air out of you, not for a sandwich you liked. Younger speakers sometimes use it as a louder “wow”; careful writing keeps the respect-and-weight meaning.

Save it把它留著 for moments用在那些 that knock the air out of you讓你倒抽一口氣的時刻，not for a sandwich you liked而不是用在你喜歡的一個三明治上。Younger speakers年輕一輩 sometimes有時候 use it把它當作 as a louder "wow"更大聲的「wow」來用；careful writing講究的寫作 keeps還是保留 the respect-and-weight meaning敬重與分量這個意思。