「词义辨析」amaze, astonish和surprise

amaze:强调迷惑或惊骇之意 , 有时含有惊叹、佩服的意思 。过去分词作形容词表示被动意思 。
【「词义辨析」amaze, astonish和surprise】Neil's ability to utter banalities never ceased to amaze me.
尼尔说陈词滥调的能事总是让我感到惊讶 。
astonish:面对无法解释或无法理解的事实而大吃一惊 , 甚至觉得不可思议 。现在分词和过去分词用法同surprise 。My news will astonish you.
我的消息会让你大吃一惊 。
surprise:意为“使吃惊 , 使惊异” , 普通用词 。指因为事情出乎意料或者特殊而使人感到突然或意外 。Thousands were arrested in surprise night-time raids.
上千人在夜间的突袭中被逮捕 。
【试题精练】All of us were____that the old man could walk on his hands.
A. shocked
B. amazed
C. frightened
D. pleased
【答案】B. amaze vt. 使大为惊奇 , 使惊愕(注意:引起惊愕的事物可以是坏事 , 也可以是好事 , 如Your attitude simply amazes me. We were amazed at mans first landing on the moon.) 。shock vt. 使震惊(注:引起shock的事物一般都是指突然发生的、不好的东西) 。frighten vt. 使惊恐 , 吓唬 。please vt. 使高兴 , 使满意 , 合……的心意 。

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