adj. 驚人的,令人驚訝的
1.ADJ Something that is astonishing is very surprising. 令人驚訝的
1She ran 100m in an astonishing 10.9 seconds.她以驚人的10.9秒速度跑完了100米。《牛津詞典》
2Jaguars can move with an astonishing velocity.美洲豹跑起來速度驚人。《牛津詞典》
3I find it astonishing that he should be so rude to you.他竟然對你這樣無禮,真叫我吃驚。《牛津詞典》
4The ease with which she learns languages is astonishing.她學習語言之輕鬆令人驚訝。《牛津詞典》
5Other statistics are equally astonishing.其他數據也同樣驚人。
6Perhaps most astonishing is the trend in Ireland.也許最令人驚訝的是愛爾蘭的趨勢。
7It was really quite astonishing how much of a man he was!說起來也很令人驚訝,他是一個多么了不起的人啊!
8Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom.語言是動物界中最令人驚訝的行為。
9"It WOULD be astonishing indeed," said the Badger simply, "if I HAD done it."“如果是我乾的,那才真讓人吃驚呢。”獾子班傑坦白地說。
10Human beings will continue to adapt to the changing climate in both ordinary and astonishing ways.人類將繼續以普通而又驚人的方式適應氣候變化。
11To make matters worse, some of the traditional Chinese irrigation methods have wasted an astonishing amount of water.更糟糕的是,一些中國傳統的灌溉方式浪費的水量令人驚訝。
12Londa Schiebinger, a professor of the history of science at Stanford University, called this passage rather astonishing.史丹福大學科學史教授朗達·希賓格稱,該文段相當驚人。
13You can call that ancestor-worship if you wish, but it gives to the paper an astonishing momentum of thought and principle.如果你願意,可以稱之為祖先崇拜,但是它給了這份報紙一種驚人的思想和原則動力。
14If it was capable of some astonishing progress, there was another sense in which it had to run very hard just to stay on the spot.如果它有能力取得一些驚人的進步,在另一種意義上,它必須非常努力地奔跑,才能保持原地不動。
15It also highlighted the astonishing power of the techniques developed by American communications engineer Claude Shannon, who had died just a year earlier.它還強調了一年前剛去世的美國通信工程師克勞德·香農開發的技術的驚人力量。
16That was partly due to his talents: showmanship, strategic vision, an astonishing attention to detail and a dictatorial management style which many bosses must have envied.這在一定程度上歸功於他的天賦:表演技巧、戰略眼光、對細節的驚人關注和獨斷專行的管理風格,許多老闆肯定對此羨慕不已。
17One of the astonishing revelations was how little Rebekah Brooks knew of what went on in her newsroom, how little she thought to ask and the fact that she never inquired how the stories arrived.其中令人驚訝的發現是麗貝卡·布魯克斯對她的新聞工作室所發生的事情知之甚少,她很少過問、事實上她從不詢問新聞故事是怎樣得來的。
18I find it absolutely astonishing that you didn't like it.你不喜歡它,我感到難以置信。《牛津詞典》
19His achievement is astonishing and this book is the jewel in his crown.他成就斐然,這本書是他的最得意之作。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
20He became famous as an inventor of astonishing visual and aural effects.他因創造了令人震撼的視聽效果而出名。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
21He can perform an astonishing variety of acts, including mime and juggling.他會表演的節目種類多得驚人,包括啞劇和拋接雜耍。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
22Facing each other, the giraffes entwine their necks in the most astonishing manner.長頸鹿面對面地站著,以令人無比驚駭的姿勢將脖子纏繞到了一起。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
23His ability to absorb information was astonishing, but his concentration span was short.他吸收信息的能力讓人驚訝,但他的注意力持續時間很短。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
24When the explorers first set foot upon the continent of North America, the skies and lands were alive with an astonishing variety of wildlife.當探險家們第一次踏上北美大陸時,天上和地上到處都是種類多得驚人的野生動物。
25"Set her free," came the astonishing answer.“放走她。”令人吃驚的回答傳來。
26The scene which Dr. Craven beheld when he entered his patient's room was indeed rather astonishing to him.克雷文醫生走進病房時所看到的情景,的確使他感到相當吃驚。
27Mr. Rylance makes an astonishing entry, flinging himself into a handstand on a tank of water and dunking his whole head in.里朗斯先生做了一個奪人眼球的動作,他把自己倒立在一個水箱中,整個頭部全部浸入。
28The accompanying flotilla of dorados schools (up to 50 now) can be seen more easily, their astonishing blueness picked up by torchlight.伴隨我們筏子的劍魚群能看得更清楚了(到現在為止差不多有50群了),在手電光的照射下,魚身的藍色讓人驚嘆。
29The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy are astonishing—Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.數字經濟巨頭們的力量和雄心令人震驚——亞馬遜剛剛宣布以13美元的價格收購高檔連鎖超市 Whole Foods 。
30Its radio begins to transmit an astonishing amount of information about the satellite's orbital path, the amount of radiation it detects, and the presence of meteorites.無線電開始傳輸大量信息,都是關於衛星的軌道路徑、探測到的輻射量以及隕石的存在的。