astound

/əˈstaʊnd/ (bre, ipa) · [əstˈaʊnd] /əˈstaʊnd/ (ame, ipa) · [əstˈaʊnd] /ə-ˈstau̇nd/ (ame, mw)

astound — 動詞

  • astoundpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • astoundshe / she / it
  • astoundedpast simple
  • astounding-ing form

1. to fill someone with such strong amazement or disbelief that they struggle to re

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

使震驚

讓人因意外而說不出話

to fill someone with such strong amazement or disbelief that they struggle to react — for example, hearing a quiet child suddenly play piano perfectly, or learning that a friend climbed the mountain alone.

例句

Hassan's first painting astounded the gallery owner, who offered him a solo show on the spot.

Hassan 的第一幅畫令畫廊老闆大為震驚，當場就邀他辦個展。

transitive: astound + somebody

The teachers were astounded by Dewi's progress in Mandarin after only three months of study.

Dewi 只學了三個月中文就有這樣的進步，讓老師們驚嘆不已。

passive: be astounded by + noun

同義詞
  • amaze

    everyday register; astound is stronger and implies near-disbelief

  • astonish

    near-synonym; astound carries a slightly larger shock element

  • stun

    stun adds a sense of being unable to speak or move; astound focuses on the mental reaction

  • flabbergast

    informal; suggests a comic loss of words

反義詞
  • bore

    opposite emotional reaction — to make someone lose interest

  • underwhelm

    to fail to impress against expectation

文法句型

astound + somebody

be astounded by/at + noun

be astounded that + clause

be astounded to + infinitive

用法筆記

Frequently passive (be astounded by/at/that) — the experiencer is usually the grammatical subject in this pattern. Object is typically a person or group, never an abstract idea.

常見錯誤

❌I am very astounding by the news.
✅I am astounded by the news.
💡the experiencer takes -ed (astounded); -ing (astounding) describes the thing that causes the reaction.
❌The result astounded to everyone.
✅The result astounded everyone.
💡no preposition between astound and the object.

astound — 形容詞