be transfixed by sth
by 后接使人呆住的事物或原因。
The audience was transfixed by her performance.
观众被她的表演惊呆了。
使呆住;使愣住
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
使呆住;使愣住
to make someone completely motionless, especially because of wonder, fear, or shock
一般现在时
The magician transfixes the audience with his tricks.
魔术师用他的把戏使观众目瞪口呆。
一般过去时
The sight of the accident transfixed her.
事故的景象使她呆住了。
现在完成时
She has been transfixed by the beauty of the sunset.
她已被日落的美丽惊呆。
规则动词
The magician's trick transfixed the whole audience.
魔术师的戏法让全场观众都呆住了。
用法提示:transfixed 作及物动词过去式,表示“使……呆住”。
I was transfixed by the strange light in the sky.
我被天空中的怪光惊呆了,一动不动。
用法提示:transfixed 用于被动语态,表示“被……惊得呆住”。
The sudden noise transfixed everyone in the library.
突然的响声让图书馆里的每个人都愣住了。
用法提示:transfixed 作及物动词过去式,表示“使某人愣住”。
by 后接使人呆住的事物或原因。
The audience was transfixed by her performance.
观众被她的表演惊呆了。
with 后常接 fear、horror、shock 等情绪名词。
He stood transfixed with fear.
他吓得呆立不动。
固定说法,强调因震惊而无法移动。
She was transfixed to the spot, unable to move.
她呆在原地,动弹不得。
主动用法,主语为使人呆住的事物。
The sight transfixed him.
那景象使他呆住了。
grammar · medium
易错句子She transfixed by the magician's performance.
正确表达She was transfixed by the magician's performance.
transfixed 是及物动词的过去分词,作表语时须与 be 动词连用构成被动或状态结构;汉语可以不用系动词,但英语不能省略 was。
grammar · medium
易错句子The audience was transfixed with the fireworks.
正确表达The audience was transfixed by the fireworks.
表示外界事物是造成“呆住”的原因时用 by;with 多接情绪名词(如 transfixed with fear),不能这样接具体事物。
grammar · medium
易错句子I was transfixed in the movie.
正确表达I was transfixed by the movie.
transfixed 后接原因时用 by,不用 in;in 表示“对……感兴趣”时只适用于 interested in 等搭配,不能套到 transfixed 上。
petrified 强调因极度恐惧而动弹不得,也可指“变成石头”;transfixed 强调因惊奇、恐惧或震惊而定住不动,常带凝视意味,不一定是恐惧。
spellbound 指被表演、故事等吸引而全神贯注,通常偏正面;transfixed 可因恐惧或震惊而定住,范围更广,且强调身体不动。
transfigured 指外观或气质发生改变,常含升华意味;transfixed 指定住不动或刺穿。二者拼写相近但意义不同。
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