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be flabbergasted by/at sth
常用介词by或at引出令人惊讶的事物。
I was flabbergasted by the news.
我被这消息惊呆了。
使大吃一惊；使目瞪口呆
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使大吃一惊；使目瞪口呆
to overcome with amazement
I was flabbergasted by the news.
我被这消息惊呆了。
使大吃一惊；尤其以滑稽的方式使惊讶、困惑或震惊。
To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner.
flabbergast
Base
原形
flabbergasts
3rd person
第三人称单数
flabbergasting
-ing
现在分词
flabbergasted
Past
过去式
flabbergasted
Past participle
过去分词
She flabbergasts her colleagues with new ideas.
她用新想法使同事大吃一惊。
规则动词，过去式加-ed
The unexpected news flabbergasted everyone in the room.
这个出乎意料的消息让房间里的每个人都大吃一惊。
She was flabbergasted by the size of the wedding cake.
她被婚礼蛋糕的尺寸惊呆了。
It still flabbergasts me that he remembered my birthday.
他记得我的生日这件事至今仍让我惊愕不已。
常用介词by或at引出令人惊讶的事物。
I was flabbergasted by the news.
我被这消息惊呆了。
不定式表示惊讶的原因。
She was flabbergasted to see her old friend.
她看到老朋友时目瞪口呆。
They were flabbergasted that he had won.
他们对他获胜感到目瞪口呆。
Not this
I am flabbergast by the news.
Use this
I am flabbergasted by the news.
flabbergast 是动词原形，不可直接作形容词用；其过去分词 flabbergasted 才表示‘感到震惊的’。应使用过去分词形式。
Not this
The news flabbergasts to me.
Use this
The news flabbergasts me.
flabbergast 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词 to。中文‘使…吃惊’可能导致误加介词。
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