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breathtaking + noun
breathtaking 常作定语修饰名词，如 view、scenery、beauty 等。
We stopped to admire the breathtaking view from the cliff.
我们停下来欣赏悬崖上令人惊叹的景色。
令人惊叹的；惊人的；惊险的
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令人惊叹的；惊人的；惊险的
so impressive, beautiful, or exciting that it makes you hold your breath for a moment
We stopped to admire the breathtaking view from the cliff.
我们停下来欣赏悬崖上令人惊叹的景色。
惊艳的；令人惊叹的
stunningly beautiful; amazing
使人屏住呼吸的
tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
非常令人惊讶或震惊的；达到使人惊愕程度的
Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
The view from the mountaintop was absolutely breathtaking.
从山顶看到的景色令人惊叹不已。
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The acrobat performed a breathtaking stunt that made the audience gasp.
杂技演员表演了一个惊险的特技，让观众倒吸一口气。
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Her breathtaking performance earned her a standing ovation.
她令人惊叹的表演赢得了全场起立鼓掌。
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breathtaking adventure
惊心动魄的冒险。
WordNet
breathtaking 常作定语修饰名词，如 view、scenery、beauty 等。
We stopped to admire the breathtaking view from the cliff.
我们停下来欣赏悬崖上令人惊叹的景色。
作表语时，主语常为景色、表演或经历等。
The performance was simply breathtaking.
那场演出简直令人叹为观止。
可用 truly、absolutely 等副词加强语气，表示极其震撼。
The Grand Canyon is absolutely breathtaking.
大峡谷绝对令人惊叹。
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The view was so beautiful that I was breathtaking.
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The view was so beautiful that it was breathtaking.
breathtaking 是 -ing 形容词，表示“令人惊叹的”，主语应是让人惊叹的事物。‘I was breathtaking’会被理解成“我令人惊叹”，表达“我被景色震撼”时应以事物作主语，改成 it。
Not this
The breathtaking of the Grand Canyon made us speechless.
Use this
The breathtaking beauty of the Grand Canyon made us speechless.
breathtaking 是形容词，不能直接作名词或宾语。原句把 the breathtaking 当名词用，缺少被修饰的中心词；应后接名词 beauty，构成 the breathtaking beauty。
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令人惊叹的景色
The hotel room has a breathtaking view of the mountains.
酒店房间能看到令人惊叹的山景。
令人叹为观止的风景
We drove through breathtaking scenery in the Alps.
我们驱车穿过阿尔卑斯山令人叹为观止的风景。
惊人之美；绝美景色
The breathtaking beauty of the sunset left us speechless.
日落的美景令我们惊叹无言。
惊人的速度
The internet has spread information at breathtaking speed.
互联网以惊人的速度传播信息。
令人惊叹的表演
She gave a breathtaking performance in the final.
她在决赛中奉献了一场令人惊叹的表演。
你真是美得令人窒息！
When Keanu Reeves told a fan 'You're breathtaking!' at E3 2019, the phrase immediately went viral.
当基努·里维斯在2019年E3展会上对一位粉丝说‘你真是美得令人窒息’时，这句话立即走红。
发短 /ɛ/ 音 (如 head, bread)
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breathtaking = breath(呼吸)+taking(夺走)，美丽到“夺走呼吸”，即令人惊叹、惊险。
语域：neutral 常见场景：描述自然景观、评价影视或演出、新闻报道中的惊叹表述 breathtaking 多用于描述景色、表演或成就等，带有强烈赞叹语气。该词比较常见于书面或正式表达，也适用于日常口语，语气较为郑重。
Because primary stress falls on breath-, the whole word does not rhyme with taking, making, or shaking; their /eɪkɪŋ/ ending matches only the final -taking part of breathtaking in sound, not in stress. Death (/dɛθ/) rhymes with the stressed breath- part. Breaking (/ˈbreɪkɪŋ/) and breathing (/ˈbriːðɪŋ/) are spelling lookalikes that sound different from breathtaking.
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