| 单词 | amazed |
| 释义 | amazed (once / 451 pages) adj Someone who is amazed is surprised and overjoyed. If you are diving for sunken treasure you will be amazed to discover a wreck filled with gold bars, unless the gold in those bars turn out to be paint, in which case your amazement will quickly turn to disappointment. Amazed means being astounded or filled with wonder. It's the kind of reaction you'd expect from an audience at a magic show, although it takes a lot more sophisticated magic to amaze audiences today than it did decades ago. Back in the 1930s, if a magician had pulled a rabbit out of a hat you would definitely have been amazed. Today, you would have to see a magician make a rabbit levitate, disappear, and reappear in the form of a tiger to get an amazed reaction. WORD FAMILYamazed: amazedly+/amaze: amazed, amazement, amazes, amazing/amazement: amazements/amazing: amazingest, amazingly USAGE EXAMPLESThe power of social media also amazed me. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Twelve minutes of fireworks amazed many of the more than 860,000 tourists who traveled to Rio for the party. Time(Jan 01, 2017) The shared experience of getting around the D.C. region is more like this: “I am always amazed at the lack of use of turn signals.” Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) adj filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation Syn astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned surprised taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment |
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