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单词 awe-inspiring
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Definition of awe-inspiring in English:

awe-inspiring

adjectiveˈɔːɪnspʌɪərɪŋˈɔənˌspaɪ(ə)rɪŋ
  • Arousing awe through being impressive or formidable.

    令人敬畏(或景仰)的;令人惊叹的

    Michelangelo's awe-inspiring masterpiece

    米开朗琪罗那令人惊叹的杰作。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Do we have a sudden urge to squeeze our lover when we look out on a sunset, an awe-inspiring vista or a dreamy landscape?
    • The choreographed lights to the music created an awe-inspiring spectacle as the orchestra and singers played and sang.
    • The city has the most awe-inspiring skyline in the world.
    • America still churns with many fierce, and amazing, and awe-inspiring things, from all over the place.
    • Sleeping out in the African bush under a sickle moon is one of the most awe-inspiring experiences - as long as you have a choice, of course.
    • The variety of problems and progress reported on was awe-inspiring.
    • I can stare at this masterpiece for hours, seeing something new and awe-inspiring in the picture every day.
    • This awe-inspiring achievement comes with some appropriately impressive scientific equipment.
    • The Boschian art direction here is impressive, with awe-inspiring architecture and angry, blackened skies.
    • Against such an awe-inspiring backdrop it's impossible not to look amazing, and they did.
    • He wasn't given to being easily impressed, but she was an awe-inspiring sight.
    • Flying over the high mountain ranges emphasises why road travel is so tortuous, but the sight of these peaks and ravines is awe-inspiring.
    • It speaks of his spectacular success, and of his equally awe-inspiring killing.
    • From the heights of the extraordinary and awe-inspiring they return to the ordinary.
    • It makes you wonder if the Minister yawned before issuing that awe-inspiring comment.
    • Immortalized, but he ain't gonna be scribbling no more awe-inspiring lyrics in a hurry.
    • This restaurant reportedly has top-notch seafood, slick service and awe-inspiring decor.
    • He didn't need to see James' face to picture the incredulous expression with awe-inspiring clarity.
    • The result is awe-inspiring and beautiful: the largest piece of functional sculpture you will ever see.
    • Yet ineptitude at the back could not entirely explain away this truly awe-inspiring spectacle.
    Synonyms
    breathtaking, amazing, stunning, stupendous, astonishing, awesome, extraordinary, incredible
    magnificent, wonderful, spectacular, sublime, glorious, magical, dazzling, imposing, stirring, impressive
    formidable, terrifying, fearsome
    informal mind-boggling, mind-blowing, out of this world, sensational, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, amazeballs
    literary wondrous
    archaic awful

Derivatives

  • awe-inspiringly

  • adverb
    • The Darwin Awards showcase those who kill themselves in awe-inspiringly stupid ways.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She was awe-inspiringly unselfish and seemed to think of all the other servants and what they might want instead of herself.
      • His father and sister had died, so it was left to his terminally ill (and, I might add, awe-inspiringly brave) mother to support her son.
      • This won't be at every chain store, but seek it out and you'll be rewarded by something truly original and awe-inspiringly beautiful.
      • This is because circus had never been so awe-inspiringly, jaw-droppingly beautiful until Cirque du Soleil came along.

Definition of awe-inspiring in US English:

awe-inspiring

adjectiveˈɔənˌspaɪ(ə)rɪŋˈôənˌspī(ə)riNG
  • Arousing awe through being impressive, formidable, or magnificent.

    令人敬畏(或景仰)的;令人惊叹的

    Michelangelo's awe-inspiring masterpiece

    米开朗琪罗那令人惊叹的杰作。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Against such an awe-inspiring backdrop it's impossible not to look amazing, and they did.
    • The variety of problems and progress reported on was awe-inspiring.
    • This restaurant reportedly has top-notch seafood, slick service and awe-inspiring decor.
    • The city has the most awe-inspiring skyline in the world.
    • He didn't need to see James' face to picture the incredulous expression with awe-inspiring clarity.
    • I can stare at this masterpiece for hours, seeing something new and awe-inspiring in the picture every day.
    • The result is awe-inspiring and beautiful: the largest piece of functional sculpture you will ever see.
    • Immortalized, but he ain't gonna be scribbling no more awe-inspiring lyrics in a hurry.
    • America still churns with many fierce, and amazing, and awe-inspiring things, from all over the place.
    • Do we have a sudden urge to squeeze our lover when we look out on a sunset, an awe-inspiring vista or a dreamy landscape?
    • He wasn't given to being easily impressed, but she was an awe-inspiring sight.
    • Sleeping out in the African bush under a sickle moon is one of the most awe-inspiring experiences - as long as you have a choice, of course.
    • It makes you wonder if the Minister yawned before issuing that awe-inspiring comment.
    • From the heights of the extraordinary and awe-inspiring they return to the ordinary.
    • It speaks of his spectacular success, and of his equally awe-inspiring killing.
    • Yet ineptitude at the back could not entirely explain away this truly awe-inspiring spectacle.
    • The Boschian art direction here is impressive, with awe-inspiring architecture and angry, blackened skies.
    • Flying over the high mountain ranges emphasises why road travel is so tortuous, but the sight of these peaks and ravines is awe-inspiring.
    • This awe-inspiring achievement comes with some appropriately impressive scientific equipment.
    • The choreographed lights to the music created an awe-inspiring spectacle as the orchestra and singers played and sang.
    Synonyms
    breathtaking, amazing, stunning, stupendous, astonishing, awesome, extraordinary, incredible
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