boggle at sth
boggle at 表示因惊讶或恐惧而犹豫或震惊。
His mind boggled at the sheer scale of the project.
他的头脑对项目的庞大规模感到震惊。
使吃惊;使惊恐
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使吃惊;使惊恐
startle with amazement or fear
His mind boggled at the sheer scale of the project.
他的头脑对项目的庞大规模感到震惊。
(字面或比喻)像突然看到妖怪一样停下或犹豫。
(literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
感到困惑、目瞪口呆或迷惑
To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
使困惑或迷惑;压倒。
To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
因磨牙而转动眼睛。
To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.
boggle
Base
原形
boggles
3rd person
第三人称单数
boggling
-ing
现在分词
boggled
Past
过去式
boggled
Past participle
过去分词
My mind boggles at the thought.
我的脑子一想到这就发懵。
He boggled at the price.
他对价格犹豫不决。
Many visitors boggle at the high prices in the city center.
许多游客对市中心的物价之高感到吃惊。
My mind boggled when I heard how long the wait would be.
听到要等那么久,我大为惊讶。
She boggled at the idea of moving to a new country alone.
她一想到独自移居新国家就犹豫不决。
boggle at 表示因惊讶或恐惧而犹豫或震惊。
His mind boggled at the sheer scale of the project.
他的头脑对项目的庞大规模感到震惊。
boggle one's mind 意为使某人感到困惑或震惊。
The complexity of the problem boggled my mind.
问题的复杂性让我难以理解。
Not this
He boggled to answer the question.
Use this
He boggled at answering the question.
动名词用法错误。boggle表示'犹豫'时为不及物动词,后接at加动名词,而非不定式。学习者受汉语结构影响,可能误用不定式。
Not this
The complexity of the problem boggled me.
Use this
I boggled at the complexity of the problem.
及物动词用法错误。boggle作为及物动词意为'搞坏',与'使我困惑'含义不同。表达'对……感到吃惊/犹豫'应使用不及物结构boggle at。
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使人大为震惊;令人难以置信
The amount of data we generate every day boggles the mind.
我们每天产生的数据量令人难以置信。
(表示震惊或难以置信)简直无法想象
The mind boggles at the scale of the universe.
宇宙之浩瀚令人简直无法想象。
对某事感到吃惊或困惑
He boggled at the suggestion that the earth is flat.
他对地球是平的这一说法感到吃惊。
使想象力无法企及;令人难以想象
The engineering feats of ancient Rome still boggle the imagination.
古罗马的工程壮举至今仍令人难以想象。
使大为震惊;令人难以置信
The amount of information the internet contains boggles the mind.
互联网包含的信息量令人难以置信。
(想到某事时)感到震惊;无法想象
The mind boggles at the thought of traveling at the speed of light.
一想到以光速旅行就让人无法想象。
对…感到惊讶;对…犹豫不决
Many people boggle at the cost of a college education.
许多人对大学教育的费用感到震惊。
Use boggle naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想:boggle像bog(沼泽)+goggle(瞪眼)——在沼泽里瞪大眼睛,因困惑而目瞪口呆、犹豫不前。
语域:mixed 常见场景:日常口语与非正式媒体、较正式的书面或文学语体、专业语境(如医学/口腔) boggle 的语体随搭配和语境变化:表达“难以想象、使困惑”时多用于口语及非正式书面语;表示“犹豫、退缩”时比较常见于书面或文学语体;而“磨牙时转动眼睛”多属于专业术语。日常中比较常见的是 the mind boggles / it boggles the mind,整体不宜直接标为单一正式或非正式语体。
英式发音中,goggle、toggle 和 joggle 与 boggle /ˈbɒɡl/ 押韵,结尾都是 /-ɒɡl/。注意:bog /bɒɡ/ 与 boggle 拼写开头相同,但没有 /l/ 音,并不押韵;bogle /ˈbəʊɡəl/ 也形似 boggle,但元音不同。
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