amazement• Jinny saw Ozgaping in amazement and she kicked his foot.• Fans looked on in amazement as Robbins missed a thirdgoal for the team.• Williestared in amazement at the fields, his thinwoollensocksheaped around his ankles.• He remembers thinking in amazement that his name also was being flashed on screens in thousands of other movie theaters.• She frowned, and checked again, her eyes widening in amazement.• To my amazement, it was just about as easy and even more fun than writing about real events.• To our amazement, when we returned to China, the Moso tree had grown an impressive ninety feet.• They had chatted fairly amicably over coffee in the lounge, much to Paige's amazement.• To their amazement, his arrow was the first to pierce the innergoldcircle, winning him the silver arrow.• Nina looked at me with amazement. "I don't believe you, " she said.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + AMAZEMENT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤complete, sheer, utter萬分驚奇;十分驚詫➤stunned, wide-eyed驚愕不已;驚得目瞪口呆▸➤mock假裝驚奇◇She raised her eyebrows in mock amazement.她皺起眉頭假裝顯得大為驚奇。VERB + AMAZEMENT➤express表示驚奇PREPOSITION➤in amazement驚異地◇He stared at the animal in amazement.他驚奇地盯着這隻動物。➤to sb's amazement使某人驚奇的是◇To her amazement, she got the job.令她詫異的是,她居然得到了這份工作。➤with amazement驚奇地◇Laura looked around her with amazement.勞拉驚奇地環顧四周。➤amazement at因⋯感到驚奇◇He expressed amazement at being left out of the game.他對自己未獲入選參賽表示很意外。