Word · Frequency #11151
amazing
使惊奇；使惊愕
amazing is the present participle of amaze.
To fill someone with surprise and wonder; astonish.
- 1.
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(某人)感到惊讶和惊奇；使惊讶,使震惊,使惊喜；使吃惊
In use
The magician's tricks never fail to amaze the audience.
It amazes me how quickly she learned to play the piano.
We were amazed by the beauty of the sunset over the ocean.
amaze sb
及物动词，直接跟宾语。
Her talent amazes everyone.
她的才华让每个人都吃惊。
amaze sb that...
常用it作形式主语。
It amazes me that you still believe him.
你居然还相信他，这让我很吃惊。
be amazed at/by sth
被动结构，后接at或by。
I was amazed by the news.
我对这个消息感到惊讶。
Verb forms
base amaze · third person amazes · -ing amazing · past amazed · past participle amazed
Common mistakes
I am amaze.I am amazed.
形容词amazing与过去分词amazed混淆。表示‘感到吃惊’应用amazed，而amazing表示‘令人吃惊的’。
It amazes to me.It amazes me.
动词amaze是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词to。中文‘对我来说’的‘对’不能直译成to。
Connections
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……
- It amazes me that he still remembers my name.让我惊奇的是他居然还记得我的名字。
- amaze yourself
Learner notes
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”。
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。
Grammar Note
及物动词，直接接宾语，如 'It amazes me.'
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/.
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.