Word · Frequency #13996
astonishingly
令人惊讶地；惊人地
in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise
- 1.
In an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish.
以令人惊讶的方式；令人惊讶地。
- 2.
Very; remarkably used as an intensifier.
非常；极其,用作强调词。
以令人惊讶的方式；令人惊讶地。；非常；极其,用作强调词。；令人惊讶地
In use
The small restaurant was astonishingly cheap for such good food.
She finished the marathon astonishingly quickly.
Astonishingly, no one was hurt in the accident.
astonishingly + adj/adv
用于形容词或副词前加强程度，表示“非常、惊人地”。
The results were astonishingly good.
结果好得惊人。
astonishingly, + clause
通常置于句首，用逗号隔开，表示说话人对整个事件感到惊讶。
Astonishingly, no one was injured in the fire.
令人惊讶的是，火灾中没有人受伤。
verb + astonishingly
放在动词后，表示动作或变化达到惊人程度。
House prices have risen astonishingly.
Connections
Collocations
- astonishingly good
- 好得惊人
- The film was astonishingly good.这部电影好得惊人。
- astonishingly fast
- 快得惊人
- She finished the race astonishingly fast.她以惊人的速度跑完了比赛。
- astonishingly simple
- 简单得惊人
- The solution turned out to be astonishingly simple.这个解决方案竟然简单得惊人。
- astonishingly well
- 好得出奇，非常好
- He performed astonishingly well in the exam.他在考试中表现出奇地好。
- astonishingly beautiful
- 美得惊人
- The view from the top was astonishingly beautiful.山顶的景色美得惊人。
- astonishingly low
Learner notes
Memory Tip
astonishingly 拆成 astonishing（令人惊讶的）+ -ly，-ly 表副词，所以是‘令人惊讶地’。可联想‘魔术师令人惊讶地消失了’，用这个画面记住词义。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：正式写作、日常对话、新闻报道 该词在日常口语和书面语中都比较常见，通常用于强调某事物令人惊讶的程度；多用于新闻报道或评论中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words end with the suffix -ingly /ɪŋli/, which matches the end of astonishingly /ə'stɔniʃiŋli/. However, none rhymes with astonishingly because the stressed vowel (and the following syllable) differs: astonishingly stresses /stɔ/, while these words have different stressed vowels (e.g., /praɪz/, /meɪ/, /stʌn/, /ʃɒk/, /kriː/, /wɪl/).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.