Word
flabbergast
使大吃一惊；使目瞪口呆
to overcome with amazement
- 1.
To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner.
使大吃一惊；尤其以滑稽的方式使惊讶、困惑或震惊。
使大吃一惊；尤其以滑稽的方式使惊讶、困惑或震惊。；使大吃一惊；哑然失色
In use
The unexpected news flabbergasted everyone in the room.
She was flabbergasted by the size of the wedding cake.
It still flabbergasts me that he remembered my birthday.
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。
be flabbergasted to do sth
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。
be flabbergasted that + clause
They were flabbergasted that he had won.
他们对他获胜感到目瞪口呆。
Verb forms
base flabbergast · third person flabbergasts · -ing flabbergasting · past flabbergasted · past participle flabbergasted
规则动词，过去式加-ed
Common mistakes
I am flabbergast by the news.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。
The news flabbergasts to me.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。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- flabbergasts
- plural, third person singular
- flabbergasted
- past, past participle
- flabbergasting
- present participle
Learner notes
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。
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