I was amazed by how quickly she learned the language.
她学语言的速度之快令我惊叹不已。
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adj.(事物)令人惊叹的(amazing)
It's amazing how much children can learn in a short time.
孩子们在短时间内能学到如此之多,真是令人惊叹。
语感
amazed = 人的感受,amazing = 事物的性质,主语决定用哪个
惊叹惊讶(极度)令人惊叹的惊叹的
规则很简单,但执行时容易出错:I am amazed(我感到惊叹,人是主语);The view is amazing(景色令人惊叹,事物是主语)。中文「我觉得这很令人惊讶」两种理解都有,英语必须区分:「我」用 amazed,「这」用 amazing。同样的规则适用于:interested/interesting、excited/exciting、bored/boring、surprised/surprising。
陷阱
⚠️amazed vs amazing 主语混淆
✗
The result was very amazed.
结果非常令人惊叹。
结果是「令人惊叹」,事物做主语用 amazing;amazed 用于人
✓
The result was very amazing.
结果非常令人惊叹。
⚠️人作主语用错形式
✗
She was so amazing at the news.
听到这个消息她感到极度惊讶。
「她」是人,感受用 amazed;amazing 用于描述令人惊叹的事物
✓
She was so amazed at the news.
听到这个消息她极为惊讶。
近义辨析
amazevssurprise
amaze程度极强,含「难以置信」的惊叹surprise中等程度的惊讶,意料之外但不一定惊叹
We were amazed by the acrobat's skill.
我们被杂技演员的技巧惊叹了。
I was surprised to see her there.
在那里看到她我感到惊讶。
amazevsastonish
amaze极度惊叹,程度强astonish极度惊讶,甚至带有「震惊」的感觉,程度相当
His speed amazed everyone on the team.
他的速度令团队中的每个人惊叹。
The scale of the destruction astonished even experienced rescue workers.
破坏的规模甚至令经验丰富的救援人员都感到震惊。
写作加分
✨ 加分词
替换:surprisedimpressed
描述科技进步文化/艺术感受个人成长故事
普通
I was very surprised by how advanced the technology was.
我对技术的先进程度感到非常惊讶。
加分 ✨
I was truly amazed by how rapidly technology had advanced.