I marvelled at my mother’s ability to remain calm in a crisis.
我佩服母亲处变不惊的本领。
Visitors to Rome marvel over the beauty of the city.
到罗马的游客都对这座城市的美丽赞叹不已。
marvel that
I marvelled that anyone could be so stupid.
我感到惊讶,竟会有人如此愚蠢。
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marvel• Indeed, anyone who has seen her perform can not fail to marvel.• Sleep-deprived viewers in altered states of consciousness can marvel at the jaw-dropping splendor of animated Cecil B.. DeMille shots.• Gratefully Gina covered her nakedness, marvelling at the strangecircumstances in which she found herself.• I walked down it from the top to bottom and could only marvel at the way it had been constructed.• Her body had soon regained its youthfulshape and he marvelled how trim she looked.• At the back of his mind, he marvelled that Lorton had bothered to give him anything at all.• I marvel, too, at the confidenceexhibited by the hosts of such shows.
marvel that• We sat there marveling that anyone could be so stupid.• But such wonder, such admiration, has its firmestbasis in the discovery by faith of the marvel that is man.• At the back of his mind, he marvelled that Lorton had bothered to give him anything at all.• It was so obvious that he marvelled that none should have seen it before him.• And that was the marvel that sent my spirits soaring!• I could only sit and marvel that some things are the same the world over.• Between equations, they marvelled that their tests would be scored to the whole point, instead of to five decimal places.• She marvels that they flow so easily to fill the vastspace in which she moves.• By 1875 Atchison could boast of a railroadbridgespanning the Missouri, a mechanicalmarvel that turned in order to open.
I don’t know how he did it – he’s an absolute marvel!
我不知道他是怎么成功的——他真了不起!
marvel of
the marvels of modern science
现代科学的奇迹
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marvel• A properly working Macintosh is a marvel, but a Macintosh with an undiagnosed software problem is slowtorture.• Suddenly every finger was a marvel and a joy to him.• The bridge is an engineeringmarvel.• And the engineering marvel turned out to be a slow-motion naturaldisaster.• Stanley Gascgoine, a greenmarvel with a two-pronged attack, left foot, right foot or head.• There was a sensualanticipation about, an assurance of marvels shortly to be, manifest.• Under the concentrated fire from front and flank, the marvel is that any escaped.• The marvel is that more is different.
marvel of• His solo was a marvel of sound, subtlety, and musicality.
Originmarvel2
(1200-1300)Old Frenchmerveille, from Late Latinmirabilia“things that cause surprise and admiration”, from Latinmirari“to wonder”