as·tound

verb

/əˈstaʊnd/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they astound	/əˈstaʊnd/ /əˈstaʊnd/
he / she / it astounds	/əˈstaʊndz/ /əˈstaʊndz/
past simple astounded	/əˈstaʊndɪd/ /əˈstaʊndɪd/
past participle astounded	/əˈstaʊndɪd/ /əˈstaʊndɪd/
-ing form astounding	/əˈstaʊndɪŋ/ /əˈstaʊndɪŋ/

astound somebody to surprise or shock somebody very much使震惊；使大惊 synonym astonish
- His arrogance astounded her.他的傲慢使她震惊。
- She was astounded by his arrogance.他的傲慢使她震惊。
Synonyms surprise
surprisestartle ▪ amaze ▪ stun ▪ astonish ▪ take somebody aback ▪ astoundThese words all mean to make somebody feel surprised.
surprise to give somebody the feeling that you get when something happens that you do not expect or do not understand, or something that you do expect does not happen; to make somebody feel surprised:
The outcome didn’t surprise me at all.这一结果完全在我的意料之中。
startle to surprise somebody suddenly in a way that slightly shocks or frightens them:
Sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you.抱歉，我不是故意吓你一跳的。
The explosion startled the horse.爆炸声使马受了惊。
amaze to surprise somebody very much:
Just the huge size of the place amazed her.仅仅地方之大就使她十分惊奇。
stun (rather informal) (often in newspapers) to surprise or shock somebody so much that they cannot think clearly or speakastonish to surprise somebody very much:
The news astonished everyone.这消息使大家十分惊讶。
amaze or astonish?These two words have the same meaning and in most cases you can use either. If you are talking about something that both surprises you and makes you feel ashamed, use astonish: He was astonished by his own stupidity.
take somebody aback [usually passive] (especially of something negative) to surprise or shock somebody:
We were rather taken aback by her hostile reaction.她敌视的反应使我们大吃一惊。
astound to surprise or shock somebody very much:
His arrogance astounded her.他的傲慢使她震惊。
Patterns
- It surprises somebody/startles somebody/amazes somebody/stuns somebody/astonishes somebody/takes somebody aback/astounds somebody
- to surprise/startle/amaze/stun/astonish/astound somebody that…
- to surprise/amaze somebody what/how…
- to surprise/startle/amaze/stun/astonish/astound somebody to know/find/learn/see/hear…
- to be surprised/startled/stunned into (doing) something
Topics Feelingsc1
Word OriginMiddle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘stunned’): from astoned, past participle of obsolete astone ‘stun, stupefy’, from Old French estoner, based on Latin ex- ‘out’ + tonare ‘to thunder’.