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astonishment

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++as·ton·ish·ment /əˈstɒnɪʃmənt $ əˈstɑː-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]  SURPRISEDcomplete surprise 惊异,惊讶 SYN amazementin astonishment She stared at him in astonishment. 她吃惊地看着他。to somebody’s astonishment To my astonishment, the car was gone. 令我吃惊的是,汽车不见了。
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astonishmentTo her astonishment, she had almost enjoyed their conversation.To her astonishment, they fell together.Everyone gasped in astonishment as the cars came around the last bend.Her eyebrows rose in astonishment when she saw that somebody had taken her parking place.You should have seen the look of astonishment on his face!We exclaimed our astonishment and relief, and rushed to embrace him.As he passed our party he saluted with polite astonishment.To everyone's astonishment, more than 100 people volunteered to help that day.Wyatt came over to watch out of sheer astonishment and pride.Maybe it was the element of sheer surprise, the astonishment that anyone could be so stupid.in astonishmentThe crowd gasped in astonishment.
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astonishment
astonishment /əˈstɒnɪʃmənt $ əˈstɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
complete surprise
   SYN  amazement
    in astonishment
    She stared at him in astonishment.
    to sb’s astonishment
    To my astonishment, the car was gone.


as·ton·ish·mentBrE /əˈstɒnɪʃmənt/ 🔊NAmE /əˈstɑːnɪʃmənt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a feeling of very great surprise 大为惊奇;惊诧 SYN amazement To my utter astonishment, she remembered my name. 她竟记得我的名字,使我万分惊讶。🔊🔊He stared in astonishment at the stranger. 他惊愕地盯着那陌生人。🔊🔊