astonishingly

/əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋli/ (bre, ipa) · /əˈstɑːnɪʃɪŋli/ (ame, ipa)

astonishingly — 副詞

1. In a way that causes great surprise or shock, often because something is far bey

1.副詞B2
釋義

驚人地

以令人非常驚訝或難以置信的方式

In a way that causes great surprise or shock, often because something is far beyond what would normally be expected.

例句

Kavya played the violin astonishingly well for someone who had only started a year ago.

Kavya 的提琴拉得驚人地好，尤其她才學了一年。

astonishingly well

The biologist described the test results as astonishingly clear and easy to read.

那位生物學家描述檢測結果驚人地清晰，而且很容易判讀。

astonishingly clear

同義詞
  • amazingly

    slightly less formal and more common in everyday speech; carries a more positive tone of wonder rather than shock

  • incredibly

    emphasises that something is hard to believe rather than just surprising; slightly more informal

  • surprisingly

    the most neutral and common alternative; weaker in intensity than 'astonishingly'

  • staggeringly

    reserved for large quantities or extreme degrees; more formal than 'astonishingly'

反義詞
  • predictably

    describes an outcome that happens as expected, the opposite of a surprising result

  • unsurprisingly

    used when something is exactly what one would expect; common in academic and journalistic writing

文法句型

astonishingly + adjective/adverb

astonishingly, [clause]

用法筆記

Often used at the beginning of a sentence to express the speaker's surprise about the whole situation that follows. Common in both spoken and written English, especially in descriptions of unexpected achievements, qualities, or quantities.

常見錯誤

❌The news was astonishingly.
✅The news was astonishing.
💡'astonishingly' is an adverb, not an adjective; use 'astonishing' after a linking verb like 'was'.
❌It is astonishingly that he won.
✅Astonishingly, he won.' or 'It is astonishing that he won.
💡Do not use 'astonishingly' as a substitute for 'astonishing' in an 'it is ... that' structure.