Word · Frequency #11151
amazed
使惊奇；使惊愕
amazed is the past of amaze.
核心释义
To fill someone with surprise and wonder; astonish.
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使(某人)感到惊讶和惊奇；使惊讶,使震惊,使惊喜
To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.
使(某人)感到惊讶和惊奇；使惊讶,使震惊,使惊喜；使吃惊
用法In use
The magician's tricks never fail to amaze the audience.
用法提示：动词原形amaze表示‘使惊奇’，句中与fail to构成否定结构。
It amazes me how quickly she learned to play the piano.
用法提示：动词amaze后接间接宾语me，表示‘使某人惊奇’。
We were amazed by the beauty of the sunset over the ocean.
用法提示：被动语态be amazed表示‘被…震惊’，介词by引出惊奇来源。
Verb forms
base amaze · third person amazes · -ing amazing · past amazed · past participle amazed
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- never cease to amaze
- 一直令人惊奇
- Her talent never ceases to amaze me.她的才华一直让我感到惊奇。
- amaze someone
- 使某人惊奇
- The magician amazed the audience with his tricks.魔术师用他的把戏让观众大开眼界。
- be amazed at
- 对……感到惊奇
- We were amazed at how quickly she learned.我们对她学得这么快感到惊奇。
- be amazed by
- 被……所震惊
- I was amazed by the beauty of the sunset.我被日落的美丽所震撼。
- it amazes me that
- 让我惊奇的是……
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 amaze 听成 a maze（迷宫），走迷宫时处处惊奇，所以 amaze 就是“使惊奇”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：everyday conversation、news reporting、formal writing 该词为中性表达，日常会话与书面叙述中都比较自然；多用来表达因出乎意料而产生的强烈惊讶，语气比 surprise 略强。正式和随意场合均可使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物动词，直接接宾语，如 'It amazes me.'
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with amaze (/əˈmeɪz/) in their stressed syllable: maze, gaze, haze, blaze, daze, and phase. The spelling -aze is usually pronounced /eɪz/. Note that phase is spelled -ase but still rhymes; do not confuse its -ase ending with base (/beɪs/) or case (/keɪs/), which end in /s/, not /z/.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.