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源自动词 astonish(使惊讶)加上副词后缀 -ly,最早可追溯至古法语 estoner(震惊)和拉丁语 extonare(雷击)。
❶ 表示某事令人惊讶或难以置信的程度,常用于强调某种情况超出预期或常理。
“She was astonishingly beautiful in that dress.”
(她穿那条裙子时美得惊人。)
“The team performed astonishingly well in the competition.”
(这支队伍在比赛中表现得出奇地好。)
astonishingly enough — 用于引出令人意外的事实,表达尽管某事看似不可能,但确实发生了。
“Astonishingly enough, he managed to finish the project in one day.”
(令人惊讶的是,他居然在一天内完成了这个项目。)